Even worse it's bullshit.   The 95% number comes from 1 shitty ass study that is now 60 years old.  Yet because fats are retarded they keep spreading this garbage and changing it along the way. But, let's pretend for a moment that only 5 percent of diets worked.  Seeing as losing weight is the best treatment for T2D.  T2D a disease that takes 14 years off your life expectancy.  Who the fuck would not try a 1 in 20 chance of curing themselves of this disease?  Especially when the side effects include shit like lower risk of 14+ cancers, heart disease and looking like a fucking human being.     https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/25/health/95-regain-lost-weight-or-do-they.html