Brillyant comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Brillyant 19 February 2014 09:12:34PM 3 points [-]

Because it is hard to actually execute diets. You're conflating two issues now.

There are exceptions, but people will lose weight very predictably if food intake and exercise is 100% controlled.

Dieting "theory" is all about helping people stick to the plans that engage the causal mechanisms that science already has informed us will work.