Comment by ragnese
> The debate has never been "will consuming less calories than you expend make you lose weight"
Maybe the debate amongst actual doctors and researchers. But, the debate amongst dummies on the internet (social media) CERTAINLY had people arguing that it was somehow about more than the number of calories in and out.
We should probably stop treating debates among "dummies on the internet" as anything other than noise that muddies up the conversation.
Edit: to be clear, this also applies to comment sections on HN :-)