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I found this sentence in _Nihongo Sō-Matome_ :

> A: また太っちゃった。。  
>  B: あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。

Based on my understanding:

> A: (you're) fat again...  
>  B: I only eat nothing but sweets.

I do not know why からだよ is there.

Should the translation be: _body eats nothing but sweets_? Is it ok to remove
からだ?
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Importance of からだ in this sentence
First off, I think you got the actors the wrong way round.

> A また太っちゃった。  
>  **I** ended up getting fat again.  
>  B あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。  
>  **That's because you** eat nothing but sweets.

Can you remove からだ? Grammatically you can, but it wouldn't sound natural in
the same way that this English exchange would sound slightly awkward:

> A) I ended up getting fat again.  
>  B) You eat nothing but sweets.

B's reply doesn't feel like part of the conversation does it? It just sounds
like a random statement of fact.

Edit: I've just realised your problem. You thought からだ was 体 meaning body. But
it isn't. It is から meaning 'because' plus the copula だ.
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