The Problem with Changing Five Things at Once
Why changing several eating and lifestyle habits at once makes results hard to explain, and how factorial trials and matched designs untangle them.
Follow the evidence behind competing explanations of metabolism
Investigations into how weight regulation works, how to weigh competing theories and what the evidence can and cannot show.
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What Can a Mouse Study Tell Us About Human Weight Regulation?
What can mouse studies tell us about human weight? How housing temperature, diets, strain and sex shape results, with leptin and meal timing as test cases.
What Would Count as Evidence for a Metabolic Theory?
What counts as evidence for a metabolic theory? Discriminating predictions, evidence types and confidence labels, using the carbohydrate–insulin debate.