alt Hacker News> I think it is because if 90% of the population did half of what you do (and kudos for you for doing it), they wouldn't have a problem with weight, you just happen to be one of the unlucky few where it doesn't work and these drugs are useful.
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41813589
It is simply not true that if 90% of the population “tried to lose weight the right way” that they wouldn’t have a problem with it. That is an assumption you are making, and the underlying postulate is that that same 90% hasn’t tried.
I agree, how can anyone comes at this number ? Is there a study of any kind backing up this number ? Or is it just garbage empirical evidence from what the poster saw around him (which cannot possibly represent 90% of people). Does the poster know the life of obese people to arrive at this number or is it just a belief/sterotype