[ses1984]

The question isn’t getting there, it’s staying there.

[paulpauper]

They are master practitioners of Calorie Restriction, a diet whose central, radical premise is that the less you eat, the longer you’ll live.

It would seem like it is intentional, going by the article. They are trying to lose weight to maximize lifespan.

[ses1984]

I’m not sure what’s in the article, I can’t read it because of a paywall, but I don’t see anywhere in the comments here discussion of Rea losing more weight, it just says he eats 1900 and he’s 6’ 115lbs.