
I just saw this cheery quote in an Associated Press story about middle-aged fat people. “‘This [Dutch research] study is saying that if you are overweight by your mid-30s to mid-40s, even if you lose some weight later on, you still carry a higher risk of dying,’ said Dr. Serge Jabbour, director of the weight-loss clinic at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. ‘The message is that you have to work early on your weight. If you wait a long time, the damage may have been done.’”
So I’m doomed. And the only appropriate thing left is to click this button: