Fat corpses are a hazard for mortuaries

You'd think that eating junk food and avoiding physical activity would lead to an unhealthy and hazardous life, but, according to new research from Australia, it's a problem after you're dead, too.

The study found that 64% of women and a whopping 75% of men living in rural areas were overweight. Then, after heart disease, diabetes, or some other obesity-related illness finally caught up with these people, their bodies were causing "significant occupational health and safety issues" for those working in mortuaries.

If Australians don't get fit soon, the country will need to start constructing new mortuaries specifically designed with "larger storage and dissection rooms, and more robust equipment," to avoid the kinds of "major logistical problems" already plaguing the system.

How unhealthy must society get before people start taking this epidemic seriously?