Fat Is The New Thin

To nobody's surprise, a consumer health group decided to tell the world that Americans are becoming fatter and fatter. It is estimated that 24.5% of Americans are overweight, which is up 2.5% from 2002. So what? Are they tattle-telling?
I remember learning somewhere in high school English that, in medeival times, beauty was symbolized by the chubby girl who ate a whole lot. It wasn't quite put into those terms, but that's basically what they wanted to say. The excuse was that fat people were seen as wealthier citizens because they could afford to eat more food. And then people started to conquer other people, floated across oceans, and started civil wars on other continents. In the midst of all that, people became skinny and the importance was placed on whomever could rub two sticks together and start a fire. Small colonies actually had to do things to survive like attack Native Americans, have Thanksgiving, and write in journals.
Now we are back to square one. Americans are fat because we grew up watching Rerun from What's Happening, Fat Albert, and Chris Farley, they all made us laugh and frankly that's all we cared about. We have no fear due to the fact that we are the world's only legitimate super power and have a superior military (as long as Republicans stay in office).......and because we grew up watching the Brady Bunch, where we learned that every bad story has a good ending. But then again, all that could be our downfall. History repeats itself, and if you haven't noticed by now, everything in life cycles (I'm patiently waiting for the chili-bowl haircut to be popular again).
But as for fat Americans, so be it. I say, if you want to be fat and enjoy the luxuries of this world then go for it. Just know that there is 1 out of every 4 Americans who are doing the same thing. However, also understand that if and when America is attacked again, you will be on the front lines, after all, you will have a lot of McDonald's to defend.