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thevillagechiefyesterday at 1:32 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, but this is literally a study trying to determine whether correlation is causation.


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eruyesterday at 1:52 PM

I'm not sure they are able to disentangle it from general lifestyle changes someone on a new weightloss drug might want to make?

(However, you can probably compare it to other lifestyle changes people on previous weightloss drugs did. If we presume that going on a weightloss drug at all is roughly the same impact on associated lifestyle change choices.)