And the latest everyday thing that might damn well kill you: walking!

We’re going to need a massive federal spending campaign to build safe walkways for America’s pedestrians. For the children. Or maybe what we need is more traffic attendants. Crossing guards, except not just at crosswalks. That’s jobs!

The story: Michelle Obama’s “get fit, America” program could cost you your life!

WASHINGTON — The Governors Highway Safety Association says pedestrian deaths increased in the first half of 2010 and the First Lady’s program to get Americans to be more active could be partly responsible.

Governors Highway Safety Administration spokesman Jonathan Adkins told 630 WMAL that Michelle Obama is “trying to get us to walk to work and exercise a little bit more. While that’s good, it also increases our exposure to risk.”

After four straight years of steady declines, pedestrian deaths were up during the first six months of 2010, the latest figures available to be studied.

So lemme get this straight: being fat and lazy is killing us, but doing something about being fat and lazy might kill us, too.

Lesson: we’re screwed.

Via Memeorandum.

Previously: And the latest everyday thing that might damn well kill you: sitting!

UPDATE - Bill Teach calls it “a pre-Friday dose of stupid.” Indeed.

UPDATE II - Now that’s a headline:

Exercise, iPods could be causing pedestrian deaths

Also at Memeorandum, which isn’t linking me yet, dammit.