I agree dieting isn’t easy to do for all sorts of reasons. But it is simple. And that seemed to be completely lost on a group of people that are way smarter than me.
An alternative explanation might be that the “weightloss = energy output—energy intake” model is so simple that all the people involved in the discussion already understand it, consider it obvious and trivial, and have moved on to discussing harder questions.
An alternative explanation might be that the “weightloss = energy output—energy intake” model is so simple that all the people involved in the discussion already understand it, consider it obvious and trivial, and have moved on to discussing harder questions.
Perhaps. Though from my recall that was not the case.