Is exercise effective for weight loss?

The Men who made us thin – Episode 2 – 15 August 2013

Apparently I am controversial. I have always been baffled by how the simple message "Eat real food" can be controversial and how demanding evidence for nutritional messages is radical. Of the many things for which I am attacked, the two ones that elicit the most rage are 1) exercise and 2) five a day.

My message on exercise has always bee...