I agree with you. Sugar and other refined carbohydrates are the major culprit,
but saying such things as "the less fat you eat, the fatter you become", or
"carbohydrates don't count" is probably wrong, or at least lacks scientific
evidence.

A few months ago, I saw on TV ("Jenny Jones") 2-year old kids who weigh 70 lbs:
their diet is high in fat (and carbohydrates), and they all eat A LOT, perhaps
3500 calories (I forgot the exact figure).


> From: Karl Alexis McKinnon <[log in to unmask]>
>
>         As a fat kid, let me tell you what I liked to eat.  Fast food,
> toast and margerine, soda, sandwiches with heavy mayo, mashed potatoes,
> candy, grilled-cheese sandwhiches.  Meat lover's pizza. Well-done steak.
> Cheeseburgers with bacon.  Chocolate and milk.
>         Yes, it was high in fat.  Higher in fat than what I'm eating now,
> I would bet.  THe problem really is fat laced with sugar (cookies, cake,
> brownies and other goodies I loved to eat, including the dreaded fried
> carbs like french fires and the like).  No one is arguing against that (I
> hope).  The problem I have with the misinformation^H^H^Hstudy is that it
> doesn't take into effect the fact that it is sugar laced with fat, not fat
> alone, that is making these kids fat.  If it was a study of three
> different kinds of pemmican-only diets, that would be different.  But it's
> not.