Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Speculating here, but it seems sensible to me that it's typical for an obese person to have only a small (positive) caloric imbalance.
If their caloric imbalance were great, they would gain weight quickly, and that doesn't seem common. Obese people seem to gain weight gradually (as the study found with the control group).
Say what?
a simple look at NA culture shows many people eating more for one meal than their daily total requirement. To suggest most obese people eat close to calorie neutral is to have been absent for the last 20 years of our obesity epidemic.
Weight gain isn't a linear correlation. A lot goes into it beyond diet and exercise. There are genetics and metabolic differences too.