People who are overweight but not obese have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight, federal researchers are reporting today.

- no kidding, they say "federal researchers" in the very first paragraph so that nobody has time to think that this "study" was sponsored by ... Next question we should ask: "And who sponsors the Federal Government?"

Stupid idiots say in the three page article "lower risk of death" never saying what kind of death. May be in a car accident? May be as a casualty of "Operation Iraqi Freedom"? And speaking of that, does this weight study Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful, New Study Says really belong on the front page of the New York Times? Next to More Than 50 Bodies Found in River, Iraqi President Says?

Especially if they are so fucking concerned about stomach-churning juxtaposition ... brought to readers' breakfast tables ...

And here's the formula for all us poor jerks:

BMI = WeightInPounds * 703 / (WeightInInches * WeightInInches)

Enjoy.  ¶ 1:14 PM