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This is a logical fallacy. They didn’t test against “eat whenever you want” as a baseline, so you can’t draw any conclusions about effectiveness. Also, as you p
by URSpider94 6y ago
This is a logical fallacy. They didn’t test against “eat whenever you want” as a baseline, so you can’t draw any conclusions about effectiveness. Also, as you point out, there was no significant weight loss in either cohort, meaning NEITHER is effective for weight loss, though that may be against a baseline of weight gain (we don’t know without the zero-intervention control).
- kovach 6y agoFrom the study: (TRE = time-restricted eating) > There was a significant decrease in weight in the TRE (−0.94 kg; 95% CI, −1.68 to −0.20; P = .01)
- URSpider94 6y agoSorry, I was using "significant" in the non-scientific sense of the word. They proved with statistical significance that people lost weight, but the amount they lost (less than 1 kilo) is not medically or personally significant.