Do fat people freeze to death, slower?

What's up with you and frozen shite?

Frozen liquid boy

I'd imagine if so it's extremely marginal as their body will still shunt blood to protect organs when exposed to extreme cold

Yeah but wouldnt your organs be protected longer with a larger layer of fat?

I wouldn't think it would different than a walrus. Blubber is what protects them.

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If anything id think they die faster because their heart is already struggling so when core temperature drops it really hits a wall faster

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Didn't think about this.

If they did, Bert would still be in Wisconsin

Q = M * Cp * DT
BTU of heat = Mass x Specific heat x Change in temp

Heat transfer rate to cold air from a human body, and the specific heat of a human body are pretty independent of mass. So the change in temperature during the same increment of time for a fat and skinny person is:

DT (fatty) = DT (skinny) x M (skinny) / M (fatty)

so the drop in temperature per unit of time for a 150 lb skinny person compared to a 300 lb fat person would be:

DT (fatty) = DT (Skinny) x 150 / 300 = 0.5 x DT (skinny)

So a 300 lb fatty would drop in temperature at half the rate of a 150 lb skinny.

I remember fishing on a cold day in the GOM with skinny marathon runners who were shivering their asses off while others were comfortable. Their fat content was negligible.

Scienced our asses thanks doc

I don't remember the exact BMI someone has to be, but morbidly obese people who die and require an autopsy must have one done almost immediately rather than being being put in the morgue refrigerator. This is because the fat gives so much insulation that the internal viscera begins to decompose more rapidly before it can reach the proper storage temperature.