You Have To Die Of Something...

It's a little behind the headlines, but...

My hubby brought me home a copy of USA Today last week, because it had an article in it on the trend of having three kids. But the top headline on it was "Obesity on track as No. 1 killer". The article was all about how terrible it is that there's this epidemic of obesity, and what horrible public health problems it causes, etc. etc. ad nauseatum. I don't see this trend as a problem. People have to die of something. If obesity is left as the major cause of death, what it really means is that a very large number of people are completely and utterly failing to die of cancer, influenza, industrial accidents, car crashes, ninja attacks, terrorist attacks, flesh-eating bacteria, food poisoning, tetanus, measles, drug overdoses, drug underdoses, malnutrition, duels, scurvy, blood loss, tuberculosis, murder, etc. And all of that is GOOD news.