> For a LONG time bodybuilding touted the 6 meals a day to lose weight strategy.

Pretty sure it's to gain weight. So you're all day eating.

To drop in weight, it's better to eat lowcarb,keto,carnivore. Fat/protein is makes you more full and eat less.

I get that people do it, it's just that I've never gotten the advice to do it (non body building contexts, just normal life). To "småäta" in sweden is a widely talked about thing to avoid (i.e. adviced against).