Bull. My uncle pushes 385 (and I'm not in the best of shape either) and he has a master's degree in Engineering and builds computers in his spare time.
Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today? Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection. Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!
could be funded by a future-day Hitler. you know, the type that wants a strong people to be able to bully them into a strong army.
but seriously, it's imaginable that if you're really fat, you might be a bit less capable of straight thought. "IQ" is a meaningless buzzword anyway - intelligence cannot be measured. Grasp of a certain language or certain abilities that are related to intelligence just ain't the same thing as intelligence.
Let's jump to school shall we I'm easily the least sportive and fattest in my year (note: I'm fatter, not really fat or U.S. really fat) and I'm one of the three that are ignored in maths and physics by the teacher due to many right answers and the only one that managed 107% in that last short maths test :-P