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Energy balance

Energy intake goals for obesity treatment should be personalized, but general guidance based on sex is currently the standard in evidence-based guidelines.

While your calorie needs are unique, most official guidelines give general energy targets based on your sex, not your exact weight. This is the current standard in evidence-based recommendations for obesity treatment.

ModerateQualifiesMEDIUM confidence
We noted in our review that goals for energy intake should be personalized. However, we felt it was important to provide general guidance on minimum goals for energy intake during obesity treatment in particular. Our review of current evidence... overwhelmingly presented energy intake guidance based on sex rather than weight.
Jaime P. Almandoz et al. · Obesity · 2024

Why this rating

Based on review of existing guidelines, not a new RCT.

Source

Response to the Letter to the Editor by Bett et al.

Jaime P. Almandoz et al. · Obesity · 2024

DOI 10.1002/oby.24140

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DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10

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