I've been on and off thyroid medication since my early teens and bounced about 40 lbs up and down during it. My hormone issues were first found because I gained

I've been on and off thyroid medication since my early teens and bounced about 40 lbs up and down during it. My hormone issues were first found because I gained weight while being a competitive young athlete. I think the same range is pretty common for people with certain other medications. The whole dieting discussion, all nutrition advice, kcal in/out goes out the window when your metabolism is a black box. Afaik there still isn't any study showing that any dieting works long term? So if we want to fight an obesity epidemic more needs to be done than to shift blame to affected individuals.