Business of Life

Nevermind

You know those extra five or ten pounds that everyone wants to lose?  Forget about it.

People who are modestly overweight have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight according to several recent studies while being underweight is 25% more dangerous than being "normal" weight.

Sandy Szwarc crunches the numbers and finds that the

new CDC analysis has just come out which found that overweight and obesity may actually have been associated with only 25,815 extra deaths in 2000. That 400,000 figure was off by 374,185 deaths -- or 1450%!

David Brooks is very happy

Since I read about this report a few days ago, I haven't been able to stop grinning.

I've been happy because as a member of the community of low-center-of-gravity Americans, I find that a lifetime of irresponsible behavior has been unjustly rewarded. If this study is correct, I'll be ordering second helpings on into my 90's while all those salad-munching health nuts who have been feeling so superior in their spandex pants and cutoff T-shirts will be dying of midriff pneumonia and other condescension-related diseases.

Aristotle is right again.  Moderation in all things should be your guide