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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm new to this topic, why is CICO threatening to the posters in this thread?  I mean, it's clearly true in some sense (it's literally tautological) even if there can be additional context.  [/quote]

I think it's because a lot of people who use the concept do so in a manner that suggests - if not necessarily saying so outright - that fat people are fat because they are more gluttonous than skinny people. I think there would be less resistance to the concept if advocates were more forthright about metabolisms being all over the map and that consumption amounts aren't a matter of morality or virtue. [/quote]

It’s not all over the map by the orders of magnitude that people want to believe.  [/quote]

But it is. As a lifelong dieter currently maintaining close to goal, I was very interested in the scientific finding that my “CO” side of the equation is about 20-25% less than someone who has always been my weight. That’s quite a delta, especially given that I’m still 5-8 lbs overweight. I don’t even know how long this effect lasts because most people never kept the weight off long enough to find out. [/quote]

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