[Jeff Chandler]

The diet involved 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day
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participants assigned to the intensive exercise and diet program did lose about 5 percent of their weight

They put these people on starvation diets which they did NOT maintain and their weight loss was negligible.

Some study!

[ladyjane]

Big deal. They lost only 5% of their weight? Doesn’t sound like they were very compliant subjects.

No surprise, these obese people were not exercising and definitely not sticking to that diet. LOL

It all boils down to portion size and exercise.

[Sooth2222]

"They put these people on starvation diets which they did NOT maintain and their weight loss was negligible."

"Some study!"

I agree. An 11 year study -- if participants were getting 1200-1800 calories a day and "intense" exercise they should all look like Senior Olympics athletes after about one year -- not lose 5% of their weight after 11 years. I realize the devil is in the details, and the article hasn't been written yet --but it's obvious that something is very wrong with this study.