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Re:Counting Calories Is Not the Key to Weight Loss, New Stud... by nardi on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:58PM (#16422941)
You did indeed miss it:

Dr. Gardner said it is not that calories don’t matter. After all, both groups ultimately ended up consuming fewer calories on average by the end of the study, even though they weren’t conscious of it. The point is that they did this by focusing on nutritious whole foods that satisfied their hunger.

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Re:Counting Calories Is Not the Key to Weight Loss, New Stud... by msla on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @03:28PM (#16423881)
Well, yes, any sustainable diet has to be satisfying. You can, and and least one person has, lost weight on a twinkie diet which also improved his cholesterol, but that wasn't very satisfying and would not have become a permanent diet.
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Re:Counting Calories Is Not the Key to Weight Loss, New Stud... by jdmichal on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:03PM (#16424177)
There's also been at least one count of dieting via fasting for over a year. Which is more immediately obvious as unsustainable -- fasting prolonged far enough is called starvation.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/07/24/3549931.ht...

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