Peter Attia· MD
your set point or your defended level of body weight is controversy about what what to call that but whatever it is it goes up and so a person with obesity their body defends against weight loss as if they were starving
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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.
your set point or your defended level of body weight is controversy about what what to call that but whatever it is it goes up and so a person with obesity their body defends against weight loss as if they were starving
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that is i think a key reason and possibly the primary reason why weight loss is so difficult and so temporary