Thanks for the question. The short answer is that there is no research that shows that losing 5-10% of your body weight improves health, and there is research that finds that claim isn't valid (and posits that it's actually behavior changes and not small amounts of weight loss that cause any health benefits.
Thanks for the question. The short answer is that there is no research that shows that losing 5-10% of your body weight improves health, and there is research that finds that claim isn't valid (and posits that it's actually behavior changes and not small amounts of weight loss that cause any health benefits.
I've written about this a few times so I wanted to make sure you had seen each of the pieces in case that helps - the first two look at the research around this:
Hi Natalie,
Thanks for the question. The short answer is that there is no research that shows that losing 5-10% of your body weight improves health, and there is research that finds that claim isn't valid (and posits that it's actually behavior changes and not small amounts of weight loss that cause any health benefits.
I've written about this a few times so I wanted to make sure you had seen each of the pieces in case that helps - the first two look at the research around this:
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/does-losing-5-10-of-body-weight-really
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/the-5-10-weight-loss-lie-part-2
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/the-utter-ridiculousness-of-the-5