Hot takes #3. Fruit is the cause of obesity. Nutrition policy over diets. Diets work by causing calorie reduction. COVID-19. And more.

Fruit is clearly the cause of the poor health of Americans. pic.twitter.com/cFPy3bgJ33

— Kevin Bass, MS 🪓⚔️🗡️ (@kevinnbass) May 26, 2020

1. All diets produce unimpressive long-term results in scientific studies because of nonadherence;
2. The Diet Problem is adherence to healthy diets;
3. Therefore, those who are concerned about obesity should focus on promoting population-wide policies that increase adherence.

— Kevin Bass, MS 🪓⚔️🗡️ (@kevinnbass) May 11, 2020

Hot take

Diets are just a way to reduce calories

The rest is just crap people made up to sell their book

— Kevin Bass, MS 🪓⚔️🗡️ (@kevinnbass) May 17, 2020

The additional risk of dying from COVID associated with obesity:
33%

The additional risk from being aged >80?
1009%

But sure, yeah, diet and lifestyle is the most important thing to focus on for COVID-19.

Well, it is if you have a diet book to sell.https://t.co/E2U3XAVtDY pic.twitter.com/no5vG1PoE7

— Kevin Bass, MS 🪓⚔️🗡️ (@kevinnbass) May 23, 2020

In a new study, 100 top-selling diet books were evaluated. Information was predictably inconsistent, at odds with scientific evidence, provided by writers often with legal problems, not using standard methods of evidence assessment. Screencaps below. https://t.co/WfyGUBJtFS pic.twitter.com/GAEriBB9Mj

— Kevin Bass, MS 🪓⚔️🗡️ (@kevinnbass) May 18, 2020