The Claim
Among Mexican adults with overweight or obesity, a 6-month web-based lifestyle intervention resulted in a 35% rate of participants losing more than 5% of their initial body weight, while the wait-list control group had a 0% rate of such weight loss.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
In a study of Mexican adults with overweight or obesity, 35% of those who completed a 6-month online lifestyle program lost more than 5% of their starting weight, while none of those in the control group did.
See the scientific wording
Among Mexican adults with overweight or obesity, a 6-month web-based lifestyle intervention achieved a 35% rate of participants losing more than 5% of their initial body weight, compared to 0% in the wait-list control group, indicating that this digital program can help a substantial proportion of users reach a clinically significant weight loss threshold.
People eat fewer calories and burn more energy, so their bodies start using stored fat for fuel, which makes them lose weight.
What the research says
1 studyIn a study of Mexican adults with extra weight, 35% of those who used an online weight loss program lost at least 5% of their starting weight — a healthy milestone — while no one in the group that didn’t use the program lost that much. So yes, the online program worked.
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