I love Beth Ditto - let's talk about sex baby

http://justatheory.co.uk/2009/06/25/overweight-people-live-longer-but-dont-start-piling-on-the-pounds-just-yet/

"The authors of the study caution against inferring causality as the Daily Mail has done. Getting fatter won’t necessarily help you live longer, and as the researchers point out there is a difference between a long life and a healthy one. Being overweight has been clearly linked with heart disease and diabetes amongst other conditions, so anyone following the Mail’s advice would be putting themselves at risk of developing these afflictions."