Even with all that as an assumption it still fairly leads to, "so why are they consuming more calories?" and macros and ingredients are easily implicated. Cons

Even with all that as an assumption it still fairly leads to, "so why are they consuming more calories?" and macros and ingredients are easily implicated. Consider, for example, if you ate 10 boiled eggs before a meal at a Mexican restaurant instead of pounding the chips and salsa. Same calories, different feeling, different outcome.