FINANCIAL CRISIS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH

BANZAI7 NEWS--Americans may not be collectively doomed to die in their recliners after all, one hand in the chips bag, the other stretching for the remote. Obesity levels seem to be leveling off or slowing across most of the population, according to two new comprehensive studies of the nation's heft.

The assessments, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are a welcome respite from the seemingly endless reports of Americans getting fatter and fatter. Dr. Wayne Thigh of the CDC thinks American's are now so financially strapped that they are even cutting back on junk food consumption. "It appears to be a positive side effect of the financial crisis."