America is fat.
According to the Center for Disease Control, 26 percent of adult American’s are obese. From Fox.

Obesity is based on the body mass index, a calculation using height and weight. A 5-foot-9-inch adult who weighs 203 pounds would have a BMI of 30, which is considered the threshold for obesity.

The South is the fattest [...]

Hey, some good news.

Life expectancy in 2006 is about four months longer than it was in 2005, according to the CDC.
U.S. life expectancy has hit a new record: 78.1 years for babies born in 2006, says the CDC.
Four month increase in one year, if it continues at that rate, the life expectancy will be 100 [...]