Regardless of your intentions when linking (2) the fact remains: exercise groups lose more fat and gain more muscles which means a healthier body. This would st

Regardless of your intentions when linking (2) the fact remains: exercise groups lose more fat and gain more muscles which means a healthier body. This would still hold true even under the worst-case assumption of no difference in overall weight loss compared to diets. Which is not the case meaning that the effect of exercise is even greater.