Because this person is considered “obese.”

This person is Mario Williams, former N.C. State defensive end and the number one draft pick in the NFL this year (to the Houston Texans). He’s 6’7″, 291 pounds, with reportedly a very low amount of body fat.

But according to the Body Mass Index, which is what federally supported obesity researchers use to inflate obesity statistics and scare legislators into giving them more money and thinking about taxing fast food, donuts and Twinkies, Mr. Williams in not only overweight, he’s obese.

As is every other lean, healthy, muscular man, woman and child in America.