Swine flu kills fatties

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/07/12/216240/Swine-Flu-Kills-Obese-People-Disproportionally

interesting.

another reason to eat less and exercise.

Basically though, the result is that if you are fat then you have a weaker body. You have more problems with fighting diseases and they tend to gang up on your body once it is weakened.

As a side note, then you cost more to take care of (healthcare wise), which does not bode well for the nationalized healthcare system that we seem to want without paying for it.