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Obesity is the fastest-growing major health problem in the United States. In 2000, 31 percent of American adults were obese, up from 23 percent in 1990 and 13 percent in 1960, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is partly because they keep defining obesity downward. A squatty person that is not overweight (just bulky - think Samoans and some Mexicans) is now considered obese with their one-size-fits-all guidelines that don't even take gender into account.

The health care folks know they have a gold mine on their hands with the obesity "crisis" made worse by narrowing the CDC standards of what is considered a "healthy" weight.

Part of the problem is hard to deny (just stroll through a mall sometime) but don't buy their numbers at face value. They're as drummed up as Clinton's economy numbers.

A squatty person that is not overweight (just bulky - think Samoans and some Mexicans) is now considered obese with their one-size-fits-all guidelines

Oh come on. Obesity - like pornography - you know it when you see it!