— highlights from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/effective-weight-loss_b_866676

•  Mike Boyle, Boston’s world famous strength and conditioning coach, says that an effective weight loss program is 80% diet and 20% exercise.
• Restricting calories alone has a much bigger impact on weight loss than exercise alone.
• Liposuction best serves the patient who has mastered the caloric equation and has achieved a desired weight but is left with focal areas of excess fat