Fat Yanks bite back

Fatties the world over have been cowering in the shadows to avoid being collected by the nanny state, or worse, by reality TV.

Now they can walk free, head raised, as obesity could in fact be keeping them alive.

If you see a curvy chap sweating his heart out in the gym, then take him for an ice cream. His lardyness is keeping him alive, or so say scientists in the US.

They report that although, regretfully, being obese is bad for your health, once you are fat you are better off staying that way.

Food fight anyone?