obesity is one of those problems that the whole world is facing today according to a recent survey it was found that 19 billion adults above 18 years of age all over the world are overweight and around 650 million people are obese and if we just talk about india 135 million people all over the country are suffering from obesity who explains obesity as a health condition when the fat proportion increases in the human body it is different from being overweight as that means weighing too much because of the magnitude of this problem the solutions in forms of different theories have also been flowing faster than a river the world has seen many experts come up and introduce different kinds of diets like the gm diet and the keto diet these dietary trends have been changing as quickly as fashion but one thing that has stuck all this while is the lowfat foodthe desire to lose weight losing weight as we all know is not a childs play but according to the lifestyles that we are living it is the need of the hour famous nutritionist and dietician katherine baqleh says in current times where convenience and speed are necessities in meal selection portion sizes are increasing and the quality of the entire meal is deteriorating many convenience and preprepared meals are high in fat high in refined or processed carbohydrates and use poorquality proteins such as deepfried fish or fatty meatswhat is low fat foodfood cooked is fat does not only cook faster but also tastes better specifically because of the fat content in it lowfat food removes fat but the companies making this food have to add certain elements to make people choose it over the regular versions products that are 30 lower in their calories from fats are called lowfat foods so if you find the fat in the product to be 3 or below then it is a lowfat product most of these products have low fat written on them and to confirm you can always check the nutrition labelis low fat food helpfulone of the biggest misconceptions that revolve around lowfat food is that because it is lower in fat some people tend to confuse it with having zero fat and allow themselves to consume more of it than the regular item now these products are surely less on fat but to make it taste almost as good as the regular product more salts and sugars are added that in turn is making the food not low on calories so this consumption is not helping in losing any weight for example a muesli bar or a fruit yoghurt might sound like a healthy choice but what most people tend to ignore is the sugar quotient added to the product that is contributing to increasing calories if you choose to grab a muesli bar before lunch and still choose to have lunch there are two mistakes you will be making one is that