If you'd read the article, you'd know that the research doesn't agree with you. There is undoubtedly a correlation between the two, but not to the extent you claim.
We have been told that eating the wrong food and sitting on our butts makes us fat. That's bad for our health. Now some other "expert" claims the opposite. Who do you believe? I was a paramedic at one point in my life and I can tell you overweight people tend to die sooner and have more health problems. It's a fact. But I don't believe the nanny state should stick their nose in anyone's business and tell them how to eat or behave.
Finally, did my comments strike a nerve?