Their old Afghanistan playbook huh

They never change.

Eating less does yes, it's just that that is really damn hard to the point people cut out half their stomachs just so they can eat less.

Walking 30 minutes a day does not in fact make you lose weight. And neither does having good macros.

I had gastric bypass, I can confidently say I preferred all of that and the surgery risks and the recovery period to the weight. A lot of people do.

Hint: weight loss is incredibly hard to borderline impossible and many people are ready to do things that might kill or cripple them just to stop people from making fun of them, and none of this is an "easy way" anymore than any other treatment.