The Claim
In adults with obesity and abnormal glucose metabolism, weight loss at six months does not differ significantly between individuals who enrolled in the dietary intervention before or after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What the research says
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Among adults with obesity and impaired glucose metabolism, those who started a weight-loss diet before the COVID-19 pandemic lost the same amount of weight after six months as those who started after the pandemic began.
See the scientific wording
In adults with obesity and abnormal glucose metabolism, weight loss at six months is not significantly different between those who enrolled before or after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that pandemic-related disruptions did not alter the primary outcome of this dietary intervention.
When a person eats fewer calories, the body adjusts its energy use and fat storage to match the new intake, and this adjustment happens the same way whether or not outside events like a pandemic change when the diet started.
What the research says
1 studyPeople who started the diet before the pandemic lost about the same amount of weight as those who started during the pandemic, so the pandemic didn’t seem to make the diets work better or worse.
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