Really?

A new study reveals,
"Obesity is now a bigger overall threat to people's health than smoking... Obesity causes as much or more disease than tobacco... While smoking rates are starting to decline, obesity now shortens as many or even more healthy lifespans than tobacco use..."
-Read the full story in the Financial Post
I'm glad that less people are smoking, that is such a good thing since there really was a global push to create awareness of the dangers of cigarettes. However, it is horrible to hear that obesity is on the rise at such a drastic rate. I wish we could just blame America, but Canada is bad for it too!