Medical Study: Slim people are smarter than fat people.

Broads.ie

Ok maybe that title is a bit tabloidy, but that's the conclusion I jumped to.

Anyway, make of it what you will.

Study: Eating less keeps the brain young

Overeating may cause brain aging while eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young.

A team of Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have discovered that this molecule, called CREB1, is triggered by "caloric restriction" (low caloric diet) in the brain of mice. They found that CREB1 activates many genes linked to longevity and to the proper functioning of the brain.

Caloric restriction means the animals can only eat up to 70 percent of the food they consume normally, and is a known experimental way to extend life, as seen in many experimental models. Typically, caloric-restricted mice do not become obese and don't develop diabetes; moreover they show greater cognitive performance and memory, are less aggressive. Furthermore they do not develop, if not much later, Alzheimer's disease and with less severe symptoms than in overfed animals.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-brain-young.html

partyatmygaff

OP, have you been overeating?

Broads.ie

partyatmygaff wrote: »

OP, have you been overeating?

Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.

Glico Man

^^^^ Stephen Fry?

stupidusername

but where's the line between 'slim' and 'fat'?

and, in general, so what?

pokertalk

were the people that done this study fat??

Tesco Massacre

Broads.ie wrote: »

Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.

GK Chesterton was pretty fat.

TeddyTedson

Is it because obese people just don't have the intelligence to stop ****ing eating?

Killer Pigeon

Why can't the OP think of an original username? Is he fat too?

... nibbles on Quality Street beside desk.

massdebater

Keeping mind and body healthy goes hand in hand so that seems about right.

Norwayviking

Broads.ie wrote: »

Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.

John Michell

http://io9.com/5717082/the-forgotten-genius-who-discovered-black-holes-over-200-years-ago

Ill PM you my emailadress so you can send the 70000:D:D:D:D:D

Broads.ie

Norwayviking wrote: »

John Michell

http://io9.com/5717082/the-forgotten-genius-who-discovered-black-holes-over-200-years-ago

Ill PM you my emailadress so you can send the 70000:D:D:D:D:D

Pics or GTFO.

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Why can't the OP think of an original username? Is he fat too?

I've had at least 1000 boardsies tell me my username was cool, why didn't they think of that, etc. etc.... Are you fat?!!

Look at this, people are already using the word fat instead of stupid.


BTW does this mean that all the malnourished Somali kids are actually really smart?

citizen_p

Obviously if somone is thick enough to eat until they are phiysicaly unable to move they are missing somthing up there!
*taps head*

Denis Nedry..


Took down Jurassic Park with the few clicks of a mouse and sold loads of embryos for lots of money.


I'm going to start a thread on how is the best way to spend 70 grand.

In before "hookers and blow"

Oranage2

Broads.ie wrote: »

Pics or GTFO.




Look at this, people are already using the word fat instead of stupid.


BTW does this mean that all the malnourished Somali kids are actually really smart?

No, malnutrition in the first 1000 days seriously damages the brain of a child.


And the study says 'may'. I could do a study and say fat people may be smarter than skinny people.

Over-eating though does has serious side affects, I'm doubtful to believe it causes stupidity.

WindSock

John candy. Although I don't know if he were a genius but he was obese.

What's the question again?

Norwayviking

Broads.ie wrote: »

Pics or GTFO

You never said anything about pics:rolleyes:

Spread

I don't know many slim captains of industry. Probably because I'm cuddly

Norwayviking

Spread wrote: »

I don't know many slim captains of industry. Probably because I'm cuddly

Well you havent met me yet:D:D:D

cursai

Bigger person = bigger brain.
That's science duh!

Norwayviking

How about General Norman Schwartzkopf
He was a military genius,if you google it you will find alot of pics.

Arianna_26

Another scare tactic.

danger mouse

These threads are gas. Fat people are stupid and so on.Oh dear it must be true sure i quoted science type people in italy...FFS If a mod is gonna lock any type of thread then these should be the threads they lock.

danger mouse

Eh sure I read it in the daily star fat people are way smarter cause they eat more and slim people are less smart cause...ehh they dont eat much...scientific fact like....

Oranage2

Relax...You'll live longer.

Chuck Stone

.....

danger mouse

Sure i did post another thread about this but mine didnt have some straw poll to support it so it got moved into this..lol F.ucking hate these kind of threads.

Dboy85

Broads.ie wrote: »

Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have discovered...

NEVER trust a priest! They're after your fartbox :eek:

Coming from the guys who said independent thinking women are witches

Pdfile

this thread is a sinking ship, but ill happily sit back and watch you're " fat vs skinny " bull****.

Dboy85

Pdfile wrote: »

but ill happily sit back and watch, I'm fat.

:pac:

Son Of A Vidic

Norwayviking wrote: »

How about General Norman Schwartzkopf
He was a military genius

A military genius?.....Not really, he merely copied German blitzkrieg tactics during the Gulf War. Hence the name - ‘Stormin' Norman’.

Dudess

Broads.ie wrote: »

partyatmygaff wrote: »

OP, have you been overeating?

Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.

Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor.

galwayrush

I know fat people who were once skiny, and vice versa. Did their intelligence level alternate as well?

mconigol

aaronh007 wrote: »

^^^^ Stephen Fry?

What qualified Stephen Fry as a genius???

obliviousgrudge

Pavarotti

Ellis Dee

I suppose it stands to reason that carrying ten or twenty extra kilos around 24/7 is not the smartest thing to do if you can avoid it. Ergo, smart people generally keep their weight in check, while the dumber ones do not. That, of course, is speaking in averages and does not take account of people who are quite smart, but suffer from metabolic or glandular problems that make it difficult for them to control their weight. Or of dumb ones who are just lucky.:):)

WindSock

Didn't think a thread about fatties being stupid would go down well on an internet discussion forum.

seamus

I love how the thread title makes one claim, but the article it links to says absolutely nothing like it.

The article claims that obesity accelerates brain aging and low calorie diets may improve cognitive function. That has nothing to do with intelligence.

Fat people in "die younger" shocker.

cnocbui

Broads.ie wrote: »

Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.

Peter Ustinov

starbelgrade

mconigol wrote: »

What qualified Stephen Fry as a genius???

I don't get this either. Yes, he's well educated, but the questions and answers he gives on QI are not his own - they come from a large team of researchers, and a lot of the stuff he writes about is simply re-hashed versions of opinions from his favourite authors.

The only thing genius about Stephen Fry is his ability to make people believe that he is more intelligent than he actually is.

Bluefoam

Steve Wozniak... Case closed

--Kaiser--

You fail at reading comprehension OP.
The study claims that caloric restriction increases cognitive function, it says nothing about body fat. I eat like a horse and I'm quite lean. Conversely I know people who are obese that eat relatively little

Broads.ie

aaronh007 wrote: »

^^^^ Stephen Fry?

Since when is he obese? I would classify his weight as "grand" for his age.

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

You fail at reading comprehension OP.
The study claims that caloric restriction increases cognitive function, it says nothing about body fat. I eat like a horse and I'm quite lean. Conversely I know people who are obese that eat relatively little

From the article: "Typically, caloric-restricted mice do not become obese and don't develop diabetes; moreover they show greater cognitive performance and memory, are less aggressive."

o·bese/ōˈbēs/

Adjective: Grossly fat or overweight.

WoollyRedHat

Peter Jackson, he is a genius donchaknow

cgarrad

Obviously they are stupid, why else would they be fat? :rolleyes:

Being fat has no benefits and loads of well documented negatives.

Would be interesting to see if the IQ gap between races is also correlated to any variation between average BMI to further corroborate this study.

Norwayviking

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

A military genius?.....Not really, he merely copied German blitzkrieg tactics during the Gulf War. Hence the name - ‘Stormin' Norman’.

Yes and who was the first to use blietzkrieg tactics??The vikings.
And Norman Schwarzkopf used a combination of many tactics,not only blietzkrieg,he had also studied Alexander the greats tactics amongst many.;)

starbelgrade

Norwayviking wrote: »

And Norman Schwarzkopf used a combination of many tactics,not only blietzkrieg,

I thought he was just a hairdresser.

syklops

Mousey- wrote: »

Obviously if somone is thick enough to eat until they are phiysicaly unable to move they are missing somthing up there!
*taps head*

Your an idiot.

Norwayviking

starbelgrade wrote: »

I thought he was just a hairdresser.

Adolf Hitler was a good painter too

starbelgrade

Norwayviking wrote: »

Adolf Hitler was a good painter too

You think he'd have had a handyman for that sort of thing.

Handsome Bob

It cannot be true, if anything, I've become more of an idiot now than when I was obese.