The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America

The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America

The government definition of obesity is a body mass index of 30 or more. My BMI is 60.7. My shirts are size XXXXXXL, which the big-and-tall stores shorten to 6X. I’m 6-foot-1, or 73 inches tall. My…

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