What's Happening in the United States?

Dean Obeidallah: We're living longer, but at a less dramatic longer rate. Progress is slowing down and people want to believe that it's because of obesity. He says the study was based on what would happen if everyone in the country who had an overweight or obese b m i instantly magically attained a b m i of 24. "My god. So we're now just fully in fantasy land," he writes.