How come starvation isn’t used as a treatment for obesity, even though without food the body will consume fat reserves?

Question

How come starvation isn’t used as a treatment for obesity, even though without food the body will consume fat reserves?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There are some programs that already do this. For example, some obese truck drivers can do a supervised water fasting program as a covered health benefit to help jump start their weight lose journey.