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Weight-loss plateaus: physiology before blame
A slowing weight trend can reflect changing energy needs and appetite feedback. Review the pattern before making a harsher plan.
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A slowing weight trend can reflect changing energy needs and appetite feedback. Review the pattern before making a harsher plan.
Read the population, comparator, duration, analysis, and harms before deciding what a weight-loss headline really means.
A cardiovascular headline becomes easier to assess when the event counts, baseline risk, and follow-up sit beside the relative effect.
A short sleep-extension experiment supports a connection with food intake, while leaving long-term weight outcomes uncertain.
One weigh-in measures total body mass. A useful trend needs context, consistent conditions, and room for normal variation.