Of course it works. Over eating causing fat gain has been known about for hundreds or thousands of years. The idea that it doesn't has always been an excuse and

Of course it works. Over eating causing fat gain has been known about for hundreds or thousands of years. The idea that it doesn't has always been an excuse and probably came from mischaracterizing science into psychological issues around obesity and food addiction. What doesn't work very well is "curing" fat people by just telling them to eat less. Yes it would work if they could just eat less, but it does not address their actual problem which is the compulsion to over eat. Might as well try to cure alcoholics by telling them not to drink. So I understand why over eaters get upset about it, it's not like they don't know they eat too much and they don't want to be so fat. Though advancing the conspiracy theory that food intake has little to no bearing on weight is not a helpful response to that either.