Severely autistic people enjoy gathering information and conducting research. In 2013, Henk t H noticed that obese people eat 650 grams a day while gaining only 5 grams. Five grams a day equals 2 kg per year, which is 20 kg over ten years. However, 5 grams a day is less than 1% of what they eat.
He wondered if it’s possible that people aren’t eating too much but burning too little fat. He started with some unusual exercises to investigate this.