when i was in high school and college, except for that like 10 pounds to get in a super dress or something

i didn't have a weight problem. mary pat anderson: as a child i was not heavy but i played a lot of sports in high school and when i went to college they didn't have women's sports in those days. i gained weight just simply because i wasn't active. penny weismuller: when i had two little boys two years apart, i didn't have the opportunity to exercise and then you start being so tired and bad eating habits crept in. mary pat anderson: i like food. so one of the reasons that i've carried weight for quite a while is because of just eating too much and not caring enough about how i look. ralph cygan: today there are more than 100 million americans who are either overweight or obese. i think we have a very serious public health problem on our hands that we need to address as a nation.