Why do fat people get sick more often than skinny people?

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cause there bodies are exchausted from being fat and digesting all that food

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haha what a funny question - really made me chuckle - i mean did you actually get this fact from somewhere? if its intent was to make me laugh , you certainly achieved it! :D

That is not true at all. I am slightly over weight and I havent been sick since I was lil kid and I am 37 now.

they do?

That has nothing to do with it. It has to do with how strong your immune system is.

They don't have enough white blood cells since the body is constantly producing red blood cells to make fat.

Ingesting mass quantity of substances, and licking their unwashed fat fingers too.

maybe because normally they aren't healthy enough (high blood sugar and pressure, lots of cholesterol, poor blood circulation, maybe not fit enough), so their immune system isn't in very good shape.

Who says that? Skinny people get sick too. It doesn't make any difference how much you weigh, it's who were you around that was sick or if someone has the flu virus or any other virus and they didn't know, anyone can sick.

Well I guess most people that are fat get that way through eating junbk food and not a healthy diet. But I don't think it's got much to do with your actual size but how healthy you are. I'd say skinny people would get more sick anyway if they are weak and skinny.

If that's true it's probably because of what they are eating. Instead of eating fruits and vegetables, they eat deep fried foods and things like that so they aren't getting the vitamins they need to keep their immune system strong.

Why don't you try asking a real question sometime? You might actual learn something instead of making yourself look like an imbecile.

This is a very good question.

Coming from my experience with "yo yo" weight myself. It is because overweight people tend to over eat. Either by over eating in one sitting (my problem, as I only eat one meal a day) or by over eating to often.

It's not just eating to much food, it is more than that. It's what kind of food your eating.

For example: Anything with a tomato base will give most people (not all people) heartburn. Over weight people with heartburn tend to eat something to kill the burn. Most people don't realize that they even have heartburn. Most over weight people don't realize that they are trying to kill the heartburn.

Therefore, to much food, to much stomach acid, (to much anything) can make you feel sick. Your immune system works harder and for a longer period of time (than a skinny person), trying to fix the problem in the body.

Overweight people are carrying alot of extra weight (fat) around on their bodies. This will tend to wear on your muscle tone, on your joints, on your bones, etc. The fat sits on the outside of the muscle and grows, while the muscle weakens making room for the fat. This is why it is important to build muscle, which will reduce the fat.

Now, of course this is not a medical explanation, but it is from my experience.

Hope I helped and I hope you weren't trying to be funny.

Good Luck!

i am overweight and hardly ever get sick. i have worked at my job for 18 years and probably called in sick maybe 4 or 5 times (mostly because i have a bad back) and some people just starting (skinny people) call in their 2nd week saying they are sick(although i don't believe them) but i really believe it's the person. not fat or skinny.

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