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

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

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It has been. There was a case where a man didn’t eat for about a year under doctor supervision. What he was given were supplements (vitamins and the like) because those are found in fat reserves but are still needed.

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