I believe that "baby fat" is a lie made up by parents to make their fat kids feel better about being fat. The idea of baby fat doesn't even make sense to me. Does it really exist?
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Does Baby Fat Really Exist?
- Thread starter jetouellet
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I believe that "baby fat" is a lie made up by parents to make their fat kids feel better about being fat. The idea of baby fat doesn't even make sense to me. Does it really exist?
To some extent it does but I think it's just one of those terms that's been stretched and abused by parents to, as you say, make their fat kids feel better. I'd even say it's more to do with making themselves feel better about over feeding their kids with crap.
A baby naturally stores a lot of fat, they do nothing but eat and lie down for about 6 months and fat storage is needed for growth. It's probably worse for a baby to have too little fat than too much as they need all that energy storage to fuel their massive growth.
However, once their crawling the fat should start to drop slightly and by about a year when they've started walking the baby fat should start to go. If the kid is still fat by 2 then it's not baby fat, it's just a fat toddler.
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I have also seen baby fat reffered to in older kids, even teens. In this case its more of a state where some individuals could work out all day every day, and still wouldnt be "ripped". It is not a technical term by any means, but it is something that you see and hear about from 15-16 year old guys that complain about not having a six pack. They probably also still eat McDonalds every day so my sympathy level is very low.
There is a type of fat cell that exists in babies and is efficient at storing and releasing energy. these cells (i believe) fade over time, replaced by other cells and/or normal (adult) fat cells.
science is trying to unlock 'baby fat' since it does efficiently release stored energy more-so than adult fat. that could be a key in helping humans burn off excess fat and become healthier (it'll still be hard work, but for poeple who just can't seem to get the pounds off this might be a real solution).
science is trying to unlock 'baby fat' since it does efficiently release stored energy more-so than adult fat. that could be a key in helping humans burn off excess fat and become healthier (it'll still be hard work, but for poeple who just can't seem to get the pounds off this might be a real solution).