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The low-fat craze was literally the worst dietary idea in modern history. As a result, people turned to simple carbohydrates, which our body breaks down into calories and either uses or stores the most easily. It's also really easy to consume a crap-ton of sugars/carbs. I use this example a lot with families at work: one large fountain soda = as many calories as a person can burn by running an entire 5k.The idea that crap calories consumed en masse is somehow magically ok as long as it's "low fat" was one of the really bad dietary turns for this country. I once tried to convince someone that eating a whole bag of Snackwell's that the lower fat content doesn't unhappen the 700+ calories and that 140+ grams of sugar is absolutely bad. They didn't want to hear it.