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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by nradov on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:30PM (#13581764)
Oh no, not the "starvation effect" nonsense again. That's been thoroughly debunked.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by DanBC on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:31PM (#13581774)
No, it hasn't, which is why yoyo dieting is so harmful and why refeeding people with anorexia is done so carefully.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star... by nradov on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:46PM (#13581942)
Anorexia treatment has zero relevance to the vast majority of overweight people who need to eat much less to lose weight.
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