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.
if you look at studies that have measured the impact of intentional weight loss on mortality this has been done both for diet and lifestyle weight loss randomized controlled trials so you know we're talking about good quality of evidence and also for bariatric surgery you see a reduction in all-cause mortality
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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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