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by swiftcoder 549 days ago
I don't think this is accurate.

Adjusting for equivalent level of activity, people carrying around a lot of extra weight tend to have commensurately more muscle from carrying that extra weight around (try wearing a 40kg weight vest day and night for a few weeks - you too will have to put on muscle just to get through the day).

It's generally considered to be a lot easier for an overweight person to get lean as a side-effect of getting strong, rather than the other way round.