Closing

Do diet, exercise & lifestyle improve body weight & composition more than other treatments?

Mostly studied in obesity & overweight. Also asked versus placebo.

Not modeled yetTrial evidence exists, but no mechanistic model yetWithout a model there is no decisive experiment to propose. Help build it. →

Where the evidence stands

A coin flip. So far, one result, not yet repeated.

NoUnsureYes
Belief
0.50 (range 0.25–0.70)
Trials for
1
Trials against
0
Inconclusive
0

Already under way

The evidence so far

Registered trials
119
With posted results
18
Published papers
10

Of 3 decided analyses: 2 favor diet, exercise & lifestyle, 0 find no difference, 1 favor the comparator.

Papers

Trials

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