The long term efficacy of dieting is low, and that should be totally unsurprising: the very name implies temporariness. If the overweight wish to lose fat, a d

The long term efficacy of dieting is low, and that should be totally unsurprising: the very name implies temporariness. If the overweight wish to lose fat, a diet will work. If they wish to keep it off, they must make permanent diet and behavioral modifications, which is not what a diet is. Fewer calories and less sugar/carbs/highly processed foods does work, but it must be permanent. People want a pill that you just pop once a day without any changes in behavior. And the vast majority of people complaining they can't lose weight don't prioritize losing weight over their current behaviors: diet composition, sedentary lifestyles, etc.