> you won't find any reputable study on the web where the average person lost 10%+ of their body weight and kept it off for five years. Not even one.
To refute this, it's sufficient to present a counterexample. Since many studies exist, and they are reputable, the only argument is whether the people in them are average.
You say they are not, because they lost weight. But that cannot be your whole argument, because if we assume average people don't lose weight we assume the premise you have taken up to prove.
So again: other than the fact that these people lost weight, what exactly is exceptional about them?
> you won't find any reputable study on the web where the average person lost 10%+ of their body weight and kept it off for five years. Not even one.
To refute this, it's sufficient to present a counterexample. Since many studies exist, and they are reputable, the only argument is whether the people in them are average.
You say they are not, because they lost weight. But that cannot be your whole argument, because if we assume average people don't lose weight we assume the premise you have taken up to prove.
So again: other than the fact that these people lost weight, what exactly is exceptional about them?