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Question: if not partially caused by diet, does that mean weight gained by people with a thyroid problem is all water weight? Because otherwise you'd still need 9 kcal/g of fat gained?

I tried googling, but the results aren't very useful with regard to the exact mechanism how thyroid problems cause weight gain.

Edit: From more reading I now believe that it's still a diet problem, but the thyroid issues seem to make it harder to eat less.

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From what I'd read, my understanding was that thyroid issues, such as hyperthyroidism (this is only one condition AFAIK), are very hard to control, at least via diet.

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But the goal is not to control the thyroid issue by diet, the goal is to control weight by diet.

But I don't disagree that the thyroid issue makes diet harder, for reasons like increased hunger, less energy, etc(?)