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0 pointsnradov9y ago0 comments

Oh no, not the "starvation effect" nonsense again. That's been thoroughly debunked.

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No, it hasn't, which is why yoyo dieting is so harmful and why refeeding people with anorexia is done so carefully.

Anorexia treatment has zero relevance to the vast majority of overweight people who need to eat much less to lose weight.

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0 pointsnradov9y ago0 comments

Oh no, not the "starvation effect" nonsense again. That's been thoroughly debunked.

DanBC9y ago

No, it hasn't, which is why yoyo dieting is so harmful and why refeeding people with anorexia is done so carefully.

nradovOP9y ago

Anorexia treatment has zero relevance to the vast majority of overweight people who need to eat much less to lose weight.

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