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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Skinnyguy112   United States
Joined 4 years
You guys get cold for sure but totally keep us skinny people warm smiley
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
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Because I'm huge and I can. Omg, it's freezing. Even with the heating on it's still chilly šŸ„¶


Fun fact. Muscle mass is better at keeping people warm than fat. This is because muscle is denser.

You can still get cold either way.
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Katriona   France
Joined 9 years
Since I am fat, I am always hot... Whereas before when I was thin I was always cold. I should point out that I was really thin before ....
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Ssbhmjoe   United States
Joined 8 years
In my experience it works like any kind of insulation. It takes me longer to get cold but once I'm cold it takes for ever to get warm.
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Finickyfeedee   United States
Joined 6 years
Severely underweight people do get cold much more easily than fat or safely skinny people, so that is probably where the misconception comes from, but itā€™s so stupid that people really believe it. Obviously fat people can still get cold, being human and all.
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HappyBigBelly   United States
Joined 13 years
Yeah, it depends on the person. In the years since Iā€™ve put a decent about of weight on my bones, I donā€™t get shivery-cold in the winter like I did as a kid. I have rather large veins, though, which has always made me an ā€œeasy stickā€ when giving blood or IV for certain surgeries. It also makes for good blood flow and, thus, being warm more often than not.

My wife is 325 pounds of luscious beauty but gets cold much easier than me because she has small veins. Sheā€™s been a ā€œhard stickā€ when it comes to giving blood, IV for
certain surgeries, etc. it makes for slower circulation and being cold in the winter more often than not.
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Weetabix   United Kingdom
Joined 11 years
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Because I'm huge and I can. Omg, it's freezing. Even with the heating on it's still chilly šŸ„¶


As an amateur scientist I'm trying to figure this out. The temperature in a room can be 23C but because it's cold outside we feel cold inside.

There's either something more to this or it's just women act like princesses when it comes to their comfort.
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
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Because I'm huge and I can. Omg, it's freezing. Even with the heating on it's still chilly šŸ„¶

Weetabix:
As an amateur scientist I'm trying to figure this out. The temperature in a room can be 23C but because it's cold outside we feel cold inside.

There's either something more to this or it's just women act like princesses when it comes to their comfort.


It's actually a very well-studied phenomenon with many papers about it. Some links for your convenience:

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

I will say that if something is common in a large group of people, it's probably not an overreaction.
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Weetabix   United Kingdom
Joined 11 years
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Because I'm huge and I can. Omg, it's freezing. Even with the heating on it's still chilly šŸ„¶

Weetabix:
As an amateur scientist I'm trying to figure this out. The temperature in a room can be 23C but because it's cold outside we feel cold inside.

There's either something more to this or it's just women act like princesses when it comes to their comfort.

Munchies:
It's actually a very well-studied phenomenon with many papers about it. Some links for your convenience:

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

I will say that if something is common in a large group of people, it's probably not an overreaction.


Well that is interesting but the article does assume it's cold. What I am finding with my partner us that she is cold not because the room is cold but because it's cold outside.

I have set up regular temperature, pressure and humidity logging plus a button to record too cold, comfortable and too hot. I've not set up outdoor temperature monitoring which means the experiment is still incomplete.

I think the article gives me something to think about in that women may react to the idea that it's cold by conserving heat by shutting off blood flow to the extremities. This would actually make them cold.

When my woman says she is cold, her hands actually feel cold, colder than the room! I should measure her hand temperature for my experiment.

I myself am like a 2kw electric fire. Heat comes off me so much that I was out today in a T-shirt watching all the people wrapped up in sheepskin coats and scarfs.
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It's a myth that fat people can't feel the cold!

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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
Summerr:
Because I'm huge and I can. Omg, it's freezing. Even with the heating on it's still chilly šŸ„¶

Weetabix:
As an amateur scientist I'm trying to figure this out. The temperature in a room can be 23C but because it's cold outside we feel cold inside.

There's either something more to this or it's just women act like princesses when it comes to their comfort.

Munchies:
It's actually a very well-studied phenomenon with many papers about it. Some links for your convenience:

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

www.pfizer.com/news/articles/cold_wars_why_women_feel_the_chill_more

I will say that if something is common in a large group of people, it's probably not an overreaction.

Weetabix:
Well that is interesting but the article does assume it's cold. What I am finding with my partner us that she is cold not because the room is cold but because it's cold outside.

I have set up regular temperature, pressure and humidity logging plus a button to record too cold, comfortable and too hot. I've not set up outdoor temperature monitoring which means the experiment is still incomplete.

I think the article gives me something to think about in that women may react to the idea that it's cold by conserving heat by shutting off blood flow to the extremities. This would actually make them cold.

When my woman says she is cold, her hands actually feel cold, colder than the room! I should measure her hand temperature for my experiment.

I myself am like a 2kw electric fire. Heat comes off me so much that I was out today in a T-shirt watching all the people wrapped up in sheepskin coats and scarfs.


There are non-gender-related reasons why someone may feel cold. Your wife may have an iron deficiency or poor blood circulation, for example. Of course, only her doctor will be able to say why she feels the way she does.
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