[dan1123]

Again, what you say seems accurate to me, but it's the opposite of the author's contention. He says that low income clearly illness, while the connection between high weight and illness is "unknown.":

I get what you are saying. The author's contention isn't that poor people aren't fat, it's that poor people tend to live with less safety than rich(er) people and hence have a higher mortality rate. Think of all the expensive cleaning products, antibacterial everything, cars with 100 airbags, expensive low crime vs. cheap high crime areas, work environments, low-cost daycare, and all the places where money gives people protection from injury and disease. I believe these are the factors that the author is talking about.

[Tax-chick]

When you put it that way, it does make a little more sense than it seemed to at first!