The debate has never been "will consuming less calories than you expend make you lose weight" -- the debate has been "will just telling people to consume less calories, patting yourself on the back and calling it a day make them lose weight."
The latter was settled in a 2023 cohort study that showed doing is completely ineffective. [1]
There's been tons of data on this. The scientific consensus has been pretty clear for a hundred years, but nobody wanted to listen. Probably in part because there was no good solution before.
The latter was settled in a 2023 cohort study that showed doing is completely ineffective. [1]
There's been tons of data on this. The scientific consensus has been pretty clear for a hundred years, but nobody wanted to listen. Probably in part because there was no good solution before.
[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10407685/