A new study shows that being overweight, even obese, is not mutually exclusive from being healthy.  http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/08/15/fat-not-necessarily-fatal-new-studies-find/  The results come from 16 years of data of 29,000 Americans.
I've heard rumours of a looming "fat tax".  I sure hope this study finds its way to any MP that would support such a thing.  Losing weight doesn't make you healthy.  Being healthy makes you healthy.