The heavy price of obesity in America

War on Obesity The heavy price of obesity in America: By the numbers Nationally, nearly 36 percent of adults are obese, and businesses are spending billions to make everything from bathrooms to sports stadiums easier for them to navigate The Obama Campaign Obama goes negative: Are positive ads a waste of time? Team Obama's new ad vigorously attacks Mitt Romney, suggesting that he padded his Swiss bank account while outsourcing U.S. jobs. Expect more of this The Obama Campaign Edward Morrissey: Obama's laughable inability to look forward The president's re-election campaign settles on "Forward" as its 2012 slogan. And yet, all Obama does is harp on the past The Romney Campaign Did anti-gay conservatives force out a gay Romney aide? The campaign's openly gay foreign policy spokesman, Richard Grenell, quits — after facing a barrage of complaints over his support of same-sex marriage Apple's iPhone An iPhone pocket... in your bra? For women who hate carrying a purse on a night out, or find pants oppressive, two college juniors might just have the solution The Occupy Movement The ho-hum May Day protests: Is the Occupy movement dead? It was the 99 percent's largest show of force since last fall, but the group is still struggling to recapture the national spotlight Flipbooks For those who have everything: With this ring, I thee divorce Bird-skull jewelry that lets everyone know your marriage failed — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products SEE ALL CARTOONS Slate Barack Obama killed Osama bin Laden. Period. Mental_floss 5 classic movie moments that weren't in the script Tecca New NASA video of Earth, Moon and beyond Newser 9% of teens smoke pot hundreds of times a year TIME The beginning of the end of the unpaid internship Weird news photo quiz Looming insects? Hello Kitty meals? For each of these five curious images, see if you can choose the answer that correctly completes the photo caption         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.