Check it out. The nutritionist quoted refers to increases in sugar and fat, then blames it on the fat. I learned in eighth grade science at a three-room schoolhouse* that starch turns to sugar. When will people catch a clue? Dori Zook Denver, CO http://asia.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/world/article.html?s=asia/headlines/000916/world/afp/Obesity_becoming_a_worldwide_crisis.html * I would call it the Podunk Christian Academy (aka Mt. Pleasant Mennonite School) but then I'd be a GD Jesus freak. :P