Monumental benefits, which also extend to obesity prevention by virtue of the elimination of problem-stuffs in the face of obesity (canned soda, fried foods and snacking chips). They're at once high-calorie, facilitate eating a near endless amount (anyone can go through an entire bag of chips), and addictive.

All of which to say, you'll be making the task of losing weight easier just by switching to healthy foods, which you should be doing anyway. It's not "complicated", it doesn't need to be politicized.