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by sigilis
905 days ago
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I’ve seen figures that show that 98% of overweight people cannot lose and maintain weight loss. For obese people, the numbers are horrifyingly worse: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539812/ If at best only one in fifty can do such a thing, when the entire world is screaming at them to do so then you must re evaluate your position that it’s about just making some changes and having it all work out. Becoming a normal weight is just not something that you can expect for most currently obese people to achieve. The facts were have seen do not support the idea that it’s something that people can knuckle down and do in the majority of cases. Whether the causes are biological, social, or whatever it’s something that we have not been able to even slow down as a society yet. The article mentions the abject failure of decades of efforts from doctors, government and individuals that have lead only to greater rates of obesity. Even these drugs won’t be enough, given the best results in studies only show something like a 20% loss after more than a year. For many obese people, that leaves them still obese but $15k poorer if their insurance doesn’t cover the drug. If you managed to lose a bunch of weight, congrats. But the experience is not generalizable, unfortunately. It’s really not for lack of effort on anyone’s part. |
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The health benefits of losing that amount are enormous. In fact, they may get ~80% of the health benefits of a healthy fat percentage. Their blood pressure will plummet, their salt intake will drop, they’ll eat less sugar but more lean protein (it’s common to crave it). Because of this their blood work will improve and they’ll be at significantly lower risk of diabetes and heart disease etc. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the waaaay better!