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re: Study of Biggest Losers finds that the body wants and will fight to be Fat
Posted on 5/3/16 at 11:28 am to Winkface
Posted on 5/3/16 at 11:28 am to Winkface
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Interview with a local obesity researcher about the study. Most of yall will hate what she has to say.
SO Wink I read the interview and the NY times piece which speaks about Leptin and its role. Do you not agree that reverse dieting after the show to allow leptin levels to reset would have been a much smarter approach?
Or that training for pure weight loss instead of BF% loss caused many of the problems that are affecting the former contestants metabolism? I mean its very clear as a season progresses that the contestants are losing extreme amounts of muscle, sometimes looking like they are almost losing as much muscle as they are fat. Do you not see a problem with this and did DR Ryan not see a big problem with the data based on these factors?
DO ya'll not take into the account these types of things before releasing studies like this that essentially are making excuses for those that are overweight instead of finding ways to help hormones like leptin stay high while dieting?
Please don't take it as an attack on the researchers or the study because it isn't. I was simply wondering what all goes into something like this before it is released.
Posted on 5/3/16 at 11:51 am to lsu777
I'm not sure you quite understand how research like this works. This was a longitudinal cross-sectional study and not a clinical trial. It was not the aim of the study or the paper to do what is ideal. There is no problem with the data. The data is what it is. Their goal was to examine it and report what it showed. It is also not their goal to tell the show what they should or should not do. They saw what is an excellent source of data and took advantage of it. They did mention that they did not find significant difference in hormone levels but the study was not powered to detect these.
What you are saying goes into the discussion section of the paper. That is where you can point out things that could possibly change the results. I think Dr. Ryan is trying to convey the message that a lot of people are too focused on looks. Looks does not always equal health. I have a feeling they probably left out a lot of what she said in that interview but none of what she said is incorrect, imo. You have to also realize that most research studies are not truly meant for the general public. I don't think any of those authors intend the paper to be an "excuse" for overweight or obese people.
What you are saying goes into the discussion section of the paper. That is where you can point out things that could possibly change the results. I think Dr. Ryan is trying to convey the message that a lot of people are too focused on looks. Looks does not always equal health. I have a feeling they probably left out a lot of what she said in that interview but none of what she said is incorrect, imo. You have to also realize that most research studies are not truly meant for the general public. I don't think any of those authors intend the paper to be an "excuse" for overweight or obese people.
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