Weight gain through external food absorption

[snopes]

Comment: This sounds a bit far fetched to me, but I'd like to know for
sure. A client told me she didn't want her granddaughter working in a
fast food restaurant because even if she didn't eat the food she could
become overweight. The client truly believes that the body can absorb the
oil while working over a fryer or grill. It sounds like a myth to me.

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: This sounds a bit far fetched to me, but I'd like to know for
sure. A client told me she didn't want her granddaughter working in a
fast food restaurant because even if she didn't eat the food she could
become overweight. The client truly believes that the body can absorb the
oil while working over a fryer or grill. It sounds like a myth to me.

I first heard this when a school friend's brother worked at a fast food place and he put on loads of weight and got spotty (and smelled bad after his shift). Possibly he was snacking, though he claimed not.

[Floater]

Of course this is true. How else would small children get any nourishment?

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by Floater

Of course this is true. How else would small children get any nourishment?

Small children can also secrete food from their skin. Place small well-washed child on white blanket. Turn back for 30 seconds (any longer might result in a charge of child neglect). Turn back. The place looks like a Jackson Pollack painting, but there is no evidence of vomit or poop. Only explanation is child has ability to exude multicolour paint from pores of skin. Later in life, these pores reverse their action and let in fat.

Don't worry - I'll do it

[Troberg]

This reminds me of another question. According to Brainiac Science Abuse, we get 90% of our energy from the oxygen we breathe. Wouldn't that mean that exercising to lose weight is wrong, as it cause us to breathe much more, thus increasing our oxygen intake?

[Enchanting_eyes]

This was not true of me when I work in fast food. Ill break it down for ya, what im bored today.

Age: 16-17 where: Dairy Queen in Z-hill FL. Weight: About 90 pounds soaking wet and holding a weight bar. I worked there for about a year, ate alot of blizzards, we would create our own tell the managers a customer changed his mind then ate it. We also snacked on chili cheese fries, and chicken strips. We had cool managers/owners I miss that place.

Age: 18 Where: Burger King, Nowhereville GA. Weight about 90ish, probably less since I weighed less when I got pregnant. I was one of the cooks, and we would sneak fresh chicken strips all the time, they were so good right out of hot grease. We also never paid for our lunches, we were sneaky like that or we thought that. Once again didn't gain or loose weight.

[Eddylizard]

Braniac Science Abuse isn't exactly a paragon of scientific truths. They have concluded correctly though, that the only thing a caravan is good for is to be blown up using exotic explosives.

Wouldn't the oxygen have to combine with something like food to generate energy? People who don't eat tend to become listless and eventually die, despite breathing.

It's a brilliant idea though. A hamburger patch - a bit like a nicotine patch. No time for breakfast? Just tape one on your arm before you go to work. I'd buy one.

[chillas]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

It's a brilliant idea though. A hamburger patch - a bit like a nicotine patch. No time for breakfast? Just tape one on your arm before you go to work. I'd buy one.

Man, I was hoping a hamburger patch was a small area in a field where wild hamburgers grew. Then you could just pick 'em and eat 'em ripe, right off the vine.

[putitinwriting]

Originally Posted by llewtrah

I first heard this when a school friend's brother worked at a fast food place and he put on loads of weight and got spotty (and smelled bad after his shift). Possibly he was snacking, though he claimed not.

Even if he was telling the truth about not snacking, he probably started drinking a lot of soda. Fast food workers generally get it for free, and it's hot and thirsty work.

[Troberg]

Braniac Science Abuse isn't exactly a paragon of scientific truths.

Yeah, I know. They made a test to see if cranking the music up loud in your car made it harder to correctly judge your speed, and found that it actually became harder, thus missing the obvious conclusion: if the music is higher, judging your speed becomes irrelevant. If you have a sufficiently loud sound system, you can drive as fast as you like.

Still, having scantily clad beautiful women setting off huge explosions can't be all bad!

[FloridaGirl]

My mom worked at McD's for 7 years. She weighed less when she left than when she started (so she said, and pictures of her seem to confirm this). She says it's because she lost her taste for fast food.

[Little Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

It's a brilliant idea though. A hamburger patch - a bit like a nicotine patch. No time for breakfast? Just tape one on your arm before you go to work. I'd buy one.

Something like this, perhaps?

[1958Fury]

Call me the anti-Jared. I gained a lot of weight from working at Subway. Not exactly through osmosis though. I absorbed a lot of meatball subs through my mouth.

[Toys For Big Boys]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

Wouldn't the oxygen have to combine with something like food to generate energy? People who don't eat tend to become listless and eventually die, despite breathing.

The oxygen is required for cellular respiration to take place.