Do you believe that overweight people have slow metabolism? Metabolism plays a big role in body weight. People associate being fat with slow metabolism because they believe that fat people digest food slower than normal. I have an overweight cousin which made me really eager to learn more about this “metabolism stuffs”. The surprising truth about this is that the more weight you carry, the faster your metabolism is running. It is because the extra weight causes your body to work harder to sustain itself. So in most instances, the metabolism of overweight people is running a bit faster than thinner people. This may also be the reason why overweight people feel hungry every after eating.
It is also said that metabolism can be influenced by age, gender, proportion of lean body mass and heredity. Generally, men can burn more calories than women. And having more muscles tends to make your metabolic rate faster. Regardless of body weight, there are still people who have faster metabolic rate than others.