Until the US learns to effectively legislate, I feel this will continue to be a problem. Of course food companies want you to follow "anti-diet" advice because

Until the US learns to effectively legislate, I feel this will continue to be a problem. Of course food companies want you to follow "anti-diet" advice because they want to sell you more food. Junk food is ultra palettable and super cheap to manufacture. At the end of the day, food companies and citizens treat the effects of sugar as an entirely unavoidable externality. Tax the crap out of junk food, subsidize the cost of vegetables, and watch how usage goes down. Sure, people won't like it, but people also don't like it when their neighbor gets a new car in a color they think is ugly.