the fact is, the body makes its own internal adjustments to account for different caloric intake, and each body has its own unique mitigating factors that affect this. you cannot predict the outcome of any one individual person. if it was a simple formula with entirely known factors, it would be possible but that is…

that study does count because it explains why many people may be fatter than they should be given the calories they consume and the exercise they engage in. also, other

there is nothing that can be misconstrued about this:

i get what you mean, but i think people in every industry make a decision as to how much they will twist situations to their advantage. i do not respect women who use their sex appeal to their advantage in work

it isn't how my world works because i don't use that to my advantage. it's really manipulative

yeah, i don't get it. i am anti-porn and also oppose ads that objectify women

science cannot engineer that, no. because it cannot take all of the myriad (and some unknown) factors into account. no prescription is going to be accurate for each person because these factors are not fully known. trial-and-error does not count as"science".

considering that people are not exercising less or eating more over the last 30 years, what do you propose is the cause of the rise in obesity. the scientists don't know, so if you are holding onto some kind of breakthrough knowledge, feel free to share it

no, you are not taking many factors into account, including an individual person's own genetics and metabolism (among other factors, many still unknown). if it was a simple formula, then scientists would be able to engineer exact and consistent weight loss in a lab, and they cannot

actually, no. it doesn't work for the extreme majority of people; most people who try to lose weight will gain it back+more. the standard is whether people manage to keep the weight off for 5 years, and the numbers of people who can do so are vanishingly small

here is another interesting article:

actually, i am not :)

#2 bothered me, but i'm not her employer

no, it hasn't recently changed - people are no better at losing weight and keeping it off today than a decade ago. fad diets are also just as rampant.

i actually got irate during this scene. i don't like her cutesy character to begin with, this was a slice of hell

the wording doesn't really change the success rate, though. people are rarely able to keep weight off

no, not unless people *used to* think they were eating more

here re a couple of sources. about eating:

holy hell i've never seen more concern trolling (and general trolling) on a jezebel article.

when you have kept it off for 5 years, it will be considered successful weight loss.