I dont really care about the topic but this phrasing is wild:
Quote:
sizable minority experience side effects
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significant portion of patients lose less than 5%
always weird when they don't put a number on something the clearly have a number for, i mean they are find saying 5% of body fat but not what this "significant portion of patients".
Stats can be used to say anything if you omit the right details for the sake of "simplicity".
Looked at the linked papers,
"significant portion of patients" = 17.8% were non-response (lost less than 5%).
The link for the side effects doesn't seem to be a direct one with an numbers in it.