There has been a lot of very thoughtful discussion lately about the obesity epidemic facing this country. All I have to add to this insightful and informed conversation is a comment on and picture of a turn-of-the-century sideshow freak:
Meet Chauncy Morlan
100 years ago he was a side-show carnival freak, so fat that people would pay money to come see him in person. Today he looks like pretty much every 30-something that spends their Saturdays at the mall.