[scinerio]

IMO fasting won't help the majority of the population since their diets tend to consist of foods that are designed to be highly consumable at volume. While the theory of time-restricted eating implies you will eat less, you can still easily exceed your TDEE in calories.

Skip the fasting; exercise and eat real whole foods. It's pretty difficult to do both of those things and not lose weight.

[lr4444lr]

That is way too hard for a lot of people. The simple "eat/no eat" is not a bad way for people to start on their way to better health.

[saiya-jin]

If forcing oneself to just walk for 20 mins (thats a lazy 1km, I've managed to walk cca 3km 2 weeks ago with broken foot and ripped ligament through wild forest) is too much, good luck with convincing anybody with such mentality that now is the real "no eat" time, consistently.

[tejohnso]

Fasting isn't about eating less.