The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So, what happened in these studies is the recomposition phenomenon, I think 7 out of the 10 studies was a lean mass gain dominant recomposition. So, in other words, more lean mass was gained than fat was lost. So, there were net gains in body mass by the end of these trials, which would at least very strongly imply that fat was lost in a caloric surplus.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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Does it require a caloric deficit? - This is the weird part. No.