Critique of Kevin Hall's article on weight loss maintenance

My full detailed critique  link here

Short review below of Kevin Hall's article link

Maintenance of lost weight and long-term management of obesity

Kevin D. Hall, Ph.D.1 and Scott Kahan, M.D., MPH2,3

I agree except for bullet three.  Best long term trial (10 YEARS)failed. Gary Foster on LOOK AHEAD trial link

Again LOOK AHEAD failed to achieve it's Primary outcome on cardiac goals. 

I don't argue there are many benefits to weight loss.  I question if the benefit remains if you gain much of the back in 5 to 10 years

Finally Kevin gets to what I think is the solution

"5-For patients with BMI greater than 30 kg/m2
(or 27–30 kg/m2
with obesity-related comorbid conditions),
obesity pharmacotherapy
leads to as much as 15% weight loss
in responders,
with weight loss being maintained
in several studies for several years 90–92."