dr. mark hyman here as our guest. and he's gonna tell us coming up how to find out if you are, in fact, addicted to food. so, please join us here after more of "the blood sugar solution," with dr. mark hyman, on this public-television station. [ applause ] >> welcome back. so what do we do about this giant epidemic that we're smack in the middle of? across the world, 1.7 billion people are overweight. most of it is caused by diabesy, a a big part of that is driven by our addiction to industrial processed food. diabesity is the whole spectrum of imbalances related to obesity and diabetes that's giving you heart attacks, causing cancer, making you depressed, demented, and infertile. the food industry and the government would have us believe that losing weight and getting healthy is simply a matter of personal choice. but just like a smoker or heroin addict whose behavior is driven by a profound primitive biological addiction, so is our national addiction to toxic industrial food that's spiked with sugar and fat and salt

dr. mehmet oz and mark hyman we developed a 52-week program called "the daniel plan." it launched in january 2011, and to date, we have over 15,000 participants. so far, the results have been stunning. in the first six months of the program, the churches lost over 200,000 pounds. and people report improved energy, focus, memory, sleep and mood, plus reductions in pain, stress, blood pressure diabetes, and many medications. the plan is filled with great content, but the secret sauce is that it is centered around a small-group format, where five to eighteople meet weekly support each other. we have leveraged one of the most effective tools for change, the power of human connection. when you make a commitment to walk or work out with someone else, you're much more likely to show up. if you really want to change teach someone else how to do it. your relationships have a dramatic impact on your health. and for people who really want to be healthy, associating with other healthy people is the strongest and most direct path to change. this doesn't mean you have to give up you