Morbidly obese dad claims obese grandma doesn't eat much My 81 year old grandma is often ill, and my dad always says it's because grandma doesn't eat much. I called BS on that right away because if that was true, she wouldn't be obese. But she has been packing on the kilos since her 50s. My dad doesn't listen of course because he's so full of fatlogic which is frustrating because he's "technically smart". (He has a masters in engineering) Anyway I spent a whole day with my grandma to help with some errands and I noticed something. She really doesn't eat a lot ... in one sitting. Each meal she has is fairly small (like a 1/3 of what I'd eat) but she eats PLENTY of small meals a day! And all the coffee she drinks... I  didn't count how many cups she had, like 4-5 maybe? But there was cream and sugar each time. But no, it was the stomach cancer she had like 20 years ago that ruined her metabolism also. (Not kidding, my dad is dead serious about this)