The Minnesota Starvation Experiment was such a poorly designed diet that it&#x27;s not really relevant to the modern discussion of prevent obesity among a relatively prosperous population. According to Wikipedia (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment#Goals_and_methods" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Minnesota_Starvation_Experimen...</a>), the diet was based on &quot;foods that were expected to typify the diets of people in Europe during the latter stages of the war: potatoes, rutabagas, turnips, bread and macaroni.&quot; In other words, almost entirely carbs, with practically no fat or protein. Almost every reasonable diet I know of (coming from the modern fitness community at least) focuses first on maintaining adequate protein intake as the top priority, usually followed by at least a reasonable amount of fat. While it may have been useful to understanding starvation in a population with food scarcity, it just doesn&#x27;t apply when looking at obesity in modern America.