Originally Posted by
OBoile
Indeed both of these are true. But, as you no doubt know, the effect is pretty small overall. The idea that calories burned should scale linearly with weight isn't close to being true (as you no doubt also know).
Tell
Ainsworth, Barbara E.; Haskell, William L.; Herrmann, Stephen D.; Meckes, Nathanael; Bassett, David R.; Tudor-Locke, Catrine; Greer, Jennifer L.; Vezina, Jesse; Whitt-Glover, Melicia C.; Leon, Arthur S. (2011). "2011 Compendium of Physical Activities".
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
they are wrong.
Those idiots, they should have just asked you guys!