The argument: Exercise does not help with losing weight. To the contrary, it actively hurts the effort. Exercising makes you hungry, and it burns so little energy that you end up eating more than you burned.
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The response: This argument is used to tell people trying to lose weight not to bother to exercise. This is very problematic. Even though exercise alone does not usually lead to meaningful weight loss, in combination with diet-induced weight loss, it has significant beneficial effects, and does contribute to weight loss as well.
