Will over 25% of participants in the SMTM potato study who start with a BMI > 30 lose more than 10lbs over 4 weeks?
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On the 29th of April 2022, Slime Mold Time Mold (SMTM) announced a study to investigate the effects of a potato only diet, where volunteers eat nothing but potatoes (and a small amount of oil and seasoning). Anecdotal evidence suggests that the all potato diet can cause huge amounts of easy, sustainable weight loss. This study aims to test these claims more rigorously.
This study will be conducted online. SMTM write "the only prerequisite for signing up is being willing to eat nothing but potatoes for at least four weeks, and being willing to share your weight data with us." Participants will weigh themselves and enter this data into a spreadsheet. When enough data has been collected, SMTM will publish the results.
This question will resolve according to the first analysis SMTM publish on their blog.
Full details of the study can be found here:
https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/04/29/potato-diet-community-trial-sign-up-now-lol/
Fine print: Clarifications: (1) This question will resolve according to the percentage of the participants who lose over 10lbs having COMPLETED 4 weeks of the diet.
(2) The population in question will be the first 150 participants who ATTEMPT the diet.
Close date updated to 2022-07-11 12:00 pm
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