<i>the root cause of dietary issues is excessive fat in the diet, not sugar.</i><p>Anything excessive in the diet will lead to gaining weight and eventually to obesity.<p>I can not say which will lead to diabetes faster, consuming extra 1000 calories daily in fat or in sugar, but in terms of fat gain results will be similar.<p>The government recommendations are most unfortunate, as they concentrate on macronutrients. So when *fat is bad&quot; people will start eating sugary snacks, and when eventually it changes to &quot;sugar is bad&quot;, fat will be added to everything instead of sugar.<p>It would be more positive to suggest eating more whole, unprocessed foods, but I&#x27;m sure political issues will never allow that.