Obesity: costly epidemic or hysterically hyped myth?

Stateline.org concludes a two-day series today on the cost to states of the obesity epidemic. An alternate view comes from the new book by Paul Campos, "The Obesity Myth." Campos challenges the orthodoxy that thin is healthier than fat. I’m looking forward to reading his explanation, promoted on the flyleaf, of "how weight-loss mania fueled the impeachment of Bill Clinton."