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grecy10/12/20241 replyview on HN

> There are clearly minority of people who can only achieve weight loss using drugs but

Are you suggesting there are people who can burn more energy than they ingest for a prolonged period of time and not lose weight?

That… would fundamentally rewrite everything we know about how mammals consume energy.

Of course not. Nobody needs drugs to lose weight, they need to consume less energy than they use.


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ak_11110/12/2024

No for example they might have severe food addiction that it makes it hard for them to reduce food consumption otherwise.