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I think the title is kind of misleading. Or at the very least, they're trying to be a little tongue in cheek. These people aren't doing anything special to try
by bena 5y ago
I think the title is kind of misleading. Or at the very least, they're trying to be a little tongue in cheek.
These people aren't doing anything special to try and lose weight during a competition, it's just that the competition itself is causing them to lose weight even though they are not engaged in strenuous physical activity. Which is interesting. I wouldn't have pegged chess to cause a person to burn 6000 calories in a day.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoWell, the brain is the largest consumer of calories in the human body so it isn't ridiculous that intense mental activity over a prolonged period could burn a lot more calories... but yeah, 6k is on the level of daily caloric expenditure you'd see in a farmer working with hand tools, so it is difficult to believe.