The problem with moderation of extremely sweet/carb-heavy foods, is that it is incredibly difficult to actually moderate, since they actually stimulate more hun

The problem with moderation of extremely sweet/carb-heavy foods, is that it is incredibly difficult to actually moderate, since they actually stimulate more hunger and cravings for similar foods. More difficult than actually cutting them out cold turkey I'd say. Of course there's often times a stubborn emotional component to eating carb-laden food, so 'moderation' may help as an introduction to a healthy diet, but it's very difficult to pull off successfully without first being low-carb and just adding them in every now and then after the fact. There's no clear-cut good way to approach it unfortunately as both methods obviously have their flaws, hence obesity is such a tough nut to crack.