[Panzer04]

The problem is attacking sugar doesn't really fix the problem. Being fat is a problem with overeating as a whole, not necessarily with sugar.

That's part of the issue with policy - often it's not getting at the real heart of the problem.

[cloverich]

but sugar is often the main or even only issue, because it bypasses your normal "im full" pathways. It's also deceptively easy to take a balanced amount of calories and tip it. Add one soda a day to a balanced diet and you end up with 10lbs excess weight per year.

Id wager for many people struggling with weight that sugar is the main and perhaps even only problem.