sophie_paris said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
This is my experience too, for whatever a second data point is worth. Posting only so the count is not one.
bri_stats said:Keep the original post as written when you update it, and add the correction underneath.
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion.
Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.
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Shop Reference StandardsDr.ObesityMed said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use. I had assumed I was the exception until I read this.
Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Carry on.