I find this article extremely annoying and low quality. It’s difficult to get past the clickbait title for a start. The analysis here is far too simplistic fo

I find this article extremely annoying and low quality. It’s difficult to get past the clickbait title for a start. The analysis here is far too simplistic for any useful purpose. Regular exercise also has many indirect but well-studied psychological effects which may also aid in weight loss. It’s not just about the raw calories burned off by the activity itself. But if those calories happen to tip you into a calorific deficit then that exercise absolutely WILL help weight loss - so you cant just make misleading blanket statements about this. There are plenty of cherry-pickable studies to support both sides of this argument, for example: > The 15-week exercise training appeared to motivate young adults to pursue healthier dietary preferences and to regulate their food intake. [0] [0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-018-0299-3.epdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-018-0299-3.epdf