“Slow Metabolism” May Help Explain High Dieting Failure Rates (opens in new tab)

Why does dieting have such a high failure rate, and what can be done about it? To the answer the second question, fortunately, GLP-1 drugs are highly effective, and better drugs are on the horizon. It’s possible obesity may be curable. But for the first question, the high failure rate of dieting is commonly blamed on “hyperpalatable foods” “loss of willpower” or “eating too much food”. Although it’s understood that slowed metabolism plays some role (e.g. adaptive thermogenesis) , as smaller p...