The title is a little ambiguous, but it's accurate if read: "You shouldn't use exercise to achieve weight loss". If you read it as: "You shouldn't exercise if y

The title is a little ambiguous, but it's accurate if read: "You shouldn't use exercise to achieve weight loss". If you read it as: "You shouldn't exercise if you're trying to lose weight", then it's a little ridiculous, sure. But reading the article will show that that's not the intended interpretation, since it makes it clear that exercise is good for all sorts of reasons and will probably help with weight loss to some minor degree too. But it shouldn't be the main intervention, nothing beats just eating the right amount. Interestingly, they don't discuss the most important exercise when losing weight - resistance training is super important to make sure you lose fat rather than muscle, which they don't discuss at all. But that's not what most people think of when they think about exercising for weight loss.