I think the point of this article here is that the increased consumption of carbs that is documented appears to be the empty calories that are coming from a type of carbohydrate which provides essentially no nutritive value other than an effect on the insulin + body fat meter.

For example, soda uses corn syrup as the primary sweetner. Dr. A has written a lot about corn syrup and his thoughts about it seriously contributing to the trend in obesity in this country.

I found this study to echo essentially what Dr. A said a while back, with the same sorts of conclusions.

Even if we are cynical about the details of the study (journalists are often not very good on reporting things with the accuracy and attention to detail that should be there), what is reassuring from the big picture is that the same general information/conclusions are coming from different unrelated sources which tends to make the info a bit more interesting and valid in my book. So many studies contradict each other, but this is exactly what Dr. A has spoken about before.