That 36% of US adults are considered obese does not make it obvious that losing weight is any more complicated than cutting sugar & carbs. First, "common sense

That 36% of US adults are considered obese does not make it obvious that losing weight is any more complicated than cutting sugar & carbs. First, "common sense" dietary advise is that fats are bad. That's why you see foods marketed as low-fat. Because common sense dietary advice has been focused on the wrong thing (fat instead of sugar/carbs), most people's conception of "eating healthy" is wrong. Second, the route to being financially healthy and stable is incredibly simple: spend significantly less that you make. Yet some how a huge percentage of people in the US spend beyond their means. Could it not also be the case with cutting sugar & carbs that even if people actually knew what they needed to do, they still would not do it?