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What’s a common health myth that needs to go away already? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You might want to reword your first sentence because it makes it sound like it's a health myth that it's possible to lose weight without surgery.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago

Nope, you read that correctly. There is no current proven nonsurgical method for people to lose and keep off significant weight long term. The meta study I linked had to minimize the amount lost and the timespan to get positive results. Citations to the contrary are welcome. Anything aside from citations is not.

Bonus article: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10541056/

From the abstract:

Over the past three decades, researchers have found that biopsychosocial factors determine weight gain much more than personal choices and responsibility.