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by 462436347 797 days ago
The obesity rate was 30% in 2000, when sugar consumption peaked and the low-carb movement became mainstream. Now the obesity rate is over 40%:

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> Many Americans subscribed to the ideology of low fat

The "low-fat guidelines made people fat" nonsense would carry more weight if people actually followed the guidelines, but they didn't.