Look what happened to him. The thin see this as the trump card in any discussion of weight. Moreover, the one statistic glaringly missing from most mortality studies is quality of life. Still, perhaps there is another explanation for the statistics. Think about it.
Fat guys sit around and eat whatever they want.
Meanwhile, they tamper with the statistics and use fear of obesity to sap the thin of their energy and will. They keep the thin exercising and distracted, like rats in a maze, like gerbils on a Habitrail. This master plan also includes a carefully cultivated image that allows fat guys to manipulate the thin into doing their work. The fat guy holds the ladder while the thin ascend, risking life and limb to do the fat guy's bidding. The fat guy retreats from the spotlight, content to be served.