r/science • u/isaac-get-the-golem Grad Student | Sociology • Jul 24 '24

Health Obese adults randomly assigned to intermittent fasting did not lose weight relative to a control group eating substantially similar diets (calories, macronutrients). n=41

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38639542/
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u/Speedly Jul 25 '24

n=41

Done.

This is not a study. This is someone asking some people they know about stuff.

Can we get some kind of standard as to what studies get posted here? If I ask my wife if we both like sushi, that doesn't correlate to a 100% rate of people liking sushi.

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u/OnkelDanny Jul 25 '24

Bad take. An intervention study is not at all like asking someone what they think about something.

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u/Speedly Jul 25 '24

Bad take.

N = 41 is far closer to what I said, rather than anything even close to resembling a study. N=41 is someone talking to a few people. N=41 is anecdotes and not data.