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fat fu
Personal blog · fatfu.wordpress.comculturehealthpolitics
fat fu is a personal blog at fatfu.wordpress.com about culture, health and politics. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.
13mentions?
4HN people?
2014–2023first – last linked?
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's posts on diet and weight loss, including one on Weight Watchers' success rates. Commenters cite it in debates on calorie restriction, fasting and weight regain.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Fat, Fat Phobia, and Fat Politics
Most-linked posts?
- /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/3 people · 12 mentions · first linked 2016-06-20
What Hacker News says?
That is a myth. Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within 5 years. "]( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat”The thing is calorie restriction usually leads to full weight re-gain, usually quickly [1, 2], potentially leading to a worse body composition after the diet. The same is not true of fasting [2] - speculatively due to the effect of HGH during fasting which is known to change body composition, reducing fat percentage and increasing lean muscle mass. HGH production is not meaningfully increased by calorie restriction…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Periodic fasting starves cisplatin‐resistant cancers to death”That's actually different, you're talking about calorie restriction (-50% of needs), what we've been discussing is fasting (0% of needs). There are substantial physiological differences between the two modes, and that study is not relevant to this conversation. Fasting actually improves your body composition (reduces proportion of fat : muscle) [5]. Further, even if you regain all the weight you lost, you'll still h…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Molecule produced during fasting has anti-aging effect on vascular system”Research shows that nothing doctors recommend has any effect on weight loss except bariatric surgery. This has been shown over and over again in every study. Doctor moralizing is pointless, people know they are supposed to be eating right. Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who rema…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “My career of treating patients has ended”I think you might be exaggerating when you say Weight Watchers has worked for millions of people. Here's a nice article about their success rate: http://fatfu.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/weight-watchers/ It says it's extremely low, less than 1%.
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Hard Science About Diet”PSA I always post into weight threads: Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within 5 years. "]( http:…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on ““Mindless Eating,” or how to send an entire life of research into question”Just to let you know that the data backs your doctor up. Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Most Depressed Adults in the U.S. Remain Untreated”I like to post this as a PSA in HN weight loss threads. Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within 5…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “The closest thing to a wonder drug is exercise”PSA: Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regained within 5 years. "]( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1580…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “New explanation for middle-age weight gain”Here's some more evidence for the central conceit of this article: Every legitimate long term study of major non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. It's basically freakish when succesful in the long term. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Why Are We Still So Fat?”PSA: Every legitimate long term study of major non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. It's basically freakish when succesful in the long term. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost all is regai…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “How I lost 100lbs in 6 months”If its just a few lbs, follow the advice here. Otherwise get bariatric surgery. Every legitimate long term study of non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 year, and almost…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Ask HN: How do you lose weight?”Here's a follow up to this: PSA: Every legitimate long term study of major non surgical weight loss shows that it doesn't happen for the vast, vast majority of people. It's basically freakish when succesful in the long term. 1) ["In controlled settings, participants who remain in weight loss programs usually lose approximately 10% of their weight. However, one third to two thirds of the weight is regained within 1 y…
Comment linking /2008/01/24/weight-watchers/
on “Weight loss surgeries rise substantially among adolescents: research”