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.
How many times have we talked about that study where um you know a group of 65 year olds I believe were immobilized for 2 weeks and lost if I'm not mistaken something of the neighborhood of about four pounds of lean mass in two weeks.
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And that, you know, we talked about that through the lens of how much you lose lean mass, but think about what that's doing to to BMD. And think about how long people are immobilized beyond 2 weeks, um, especially as they're older.