Is that really true? Or is the evidence pretty much in that all people shouldn't really be eating refined sugar?
From a weight loss perspective low sugar diets are good for psychological reasons, not thermodynamic ones. Sugar tends to cause quick, but short lived fullness, where fat and protein take longer to kick in but once they do they are much longer lived.
Like anything, the problem is consumption to excess. Unfortunately, excess in this case (for the typical sedentary person) is quite a small amount.
I think it is conclusive that there are no old obese people.