Ethical failings in weight loss

Recently, an abstract at Obesity’s annual conference detailed differences in 1-year outcomes of people in a rapid vs gradual weight loss program (no GLP-1s used). “I wonder about the ethics of conducting, publishing, and publicizing such studies,” Yoni Freedhoff MD warned in Medscape. “The interventions aren’t scalable and people don’t stick with them… The outcomes aren’t durable.”