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by aantix 604 days ago
> just being more active and eating better

You're grossly underestimating the problem.

40+% of the population are obese.

This isn't just a few pounds to lose. This is 60, 70, 100lbs.

The task is to lose the weight forever.

For which long term weight loss success numbers are abysmal.