When Ebola came to the United States, we panicked. Now the Zika virus has us running indoors in fear of mosquitoes, yet we are blasé about our worst epidemic. According to our total BMI, the US is the 9 th fattest country on Earth at 74.1%. That’s a lot of overweight people considering we outnumber the other eight fattest nations since they are mostly small islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. We also outweigh the total number of underfed and starving people in the world. Since three out of every four Americans weigh in over their optimal weight, the CDC has declared obesity an epidemic in the United States. And I am one of those three. This epidemic leads to premature death in this country, but instead of fighting this epidemic and changing our ways, we force the world to accept us as we are. Wheelchairs, caskets and graves, and gurneys are now larger to accommodate heavier clients. Ambulances come equipped with winches to lift and lower patients, an