it is often children and adolescents who are the compared against these charts by health care professionals.

it is much easier to blame fat than to educate people - whcih requires effort and stuff.

public health peoples do prattle about unfitness, but "lo fat" and "lite" are easier to market for mouth-stuffing-peddlers, erm, 'food' companies. and it's those ads that people are exposed to endlessly. they're much easier to 'get' than the hassle of regular exercise.