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.
body fat set point theory is essentially that you kind of have this relatively tight range of homeostatic body fat that your body will defend and once you start to drop below that range it's really you really start to feel the negative effects of caloric restriction in terms of your hunger goes up your bmr drops your non-exercise activity thermogenesis drops your libido drops you start to have those negative side effects
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body fat set point theory is essentially that you kind of have this relatively tight range of of homeostatic body fat that your body will defend um and once you start to drop below that range uh it's really you really start to feel the the negative effects of caloric restriction in terms of um your hunger goes up your BMR drop your non-exercise activity thermogenesis drops your libido drops you start to have those negative side effects