a bmi that is associated with good health is in the 19 to 25 range. to put these figures in perspective, supermodels run bmi's of about 16 or 17. sumo wrestlers, on the other hand, are in the 43 to 45 range. you are considered overweight if you have a bmi between 25 and 29; obese if it's 30 or above. all of the very serious causes of early morbidity and mortality are strongly associated with obesity. for example, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low good cholesterol or low hdl cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, very important risk factor for heart disease and very closely correlated with increasing degrees of obesity. obesity can damage a person's joints and affect their ability to move. the large, weight bearing joints in the lower extremities-- the hips, knees, ankles, etc. those joints have a much higher likelihood of developing severe and premature degeneration because of the extra stress associated with obesity. mary pat anderson: i have very bad knees, had knee surgery about 15 years ago, and found myself sitting in my

. >> the bmi, et cetera, et cetera. >> and they get more heat treating the workers like rats or hamsters in a cage. you have to take a measurement one of the thing, weight across the board they can track like the biggest loser on tv how the overall weight of the work force is going up and down. they're selling health care, it's not hooters, but you go for drugs and stuff to treat your health conditions, and it makes sense to tm more than a lot of other businesses who want a healthy work force. >> brenda: if cvs worked-- they see what's happening to the seem of cyprus, and limits on withdrawals, bank closures, you name >> a money mess from cyprus, european countries reeling from a bank r scare. the government floating banks for a full week and putting limits on atm withdrawals and people lining up and creating angst for investors everywhere, is there any need for us to worry? >> gary b. what do you say. i say no, brenda, wre different than cyprus and going back through even the last few years we're different than greece. we're different than spain. we're different than portugal and the ma

. >> the bmi, et cetera, et cetera. >> and they get more heat treati the workers like rats or hamsterscage. you have to take a measurement one of the thing, weight across the board they can track like the biggest loser on tv how the overall weight of the work force is going up d down. they're selling health care, it's not hooters, but you go for drugs and stuff to treat your health conditions, and it makes sense to them more than a lot of other businesses who want a healthy work force. >> brenda: if cvs worked-- they see what's happening to the seem of cyprus, and limits on withdrawals, bank closures, on withdrawals, bank closures, you name [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. got you ! you cannot escape the rebel forces !

continues, quote, bmi does not tell the whole story.re the schools overstepping their bounds or doing an important service in the fight for childhood obesity. we have mike gallagher from the mike gallagher show and mark lavigne from the mark levine show. >> mike, you know, part of this -- the statement was kids went home not feeling great about themselves. how do you respond? >> well, i mean, i am going to go on a limb here and wish that schools educators worried about education. you know? i mean, this is this typical nanny state mind-set that do-gooders want to force parents how to parent, tell patients how to parent that. great story out of the mouths of babes. cameron is the smartest guy in the room, saying it's my body, leave me alone. he has a loving mom on the scene. i mean, this is the overreach of the government. it shouldn't surprise us in the state of massachusetts. i was intrigued when you ran the report and said they do the testings of grades 1, 4, 7 and 10. what about 2, 3... 8, 9 and 11 and 12? it's arbitrary andka caprici

. >> they take children from a long screening, from their bmi to all their testings they need.em through a spirometry check. they get an asthma and action plan, they see the ator gift and pulmonologist. many times that's not something you can do all in one day. we're really trying to capture it all together. >> the children have a fair amount of basic information about asthma. they operate off of a lot of myths. >> the idea is to bring the health options and information to underdeserved communities while showing that staying healthy can be fun. >> we work out as a family. i have a mini-gym at the house. i put the kids through circuit training three times a week. >> if there's one parent who talked to me and said, i no longer have to take my child to the er. well, that's costing less for us as a plan. but it's providing this mother with the opportunity to know their child is healthy. the child, it provides them with the confidence we can do things such as play basketball or do other types of activities. >> this year's big draw at the philadelphia event was the program's partners

bmi we have just had the indictment released by the court in new york -- >> we have just had the indictment released by the court in new york. abu ghaith has been charged with one count of conspiracy to kill u.s. citizens here he is the son-in-law of osama bin laden. he was -- to kill u.s. citizens. he is the son-in-law of osama bin laden. he was a key member of osama bin laden's inner circle. the day after the 9/11 attacks, we saw him in a video on long side -- alongside osama bin laden. he said a great army is gathering against you. he called them the nation of islam. you go into battle against jews, christians, and the americans -- he said, "a great army as is gathering against you," he called them the nation of islam . "to go into battle against jews, christians, and the americans." we have the prospect of an al qaeda-related detainee and suspect appearing in civilian court in new york. secondly, the authorities want to put across the message that time does not lessen the crime. the impact of 9/11 is still here after all these years. listen to the quote for him the -- from the attorney.

bmi we have just had the indictment released by the court in new york -- >> we have just had the indictment released by the court in new york. abu ghaith has been charged with one count of conspiracy to kill u.s. citizens here he is the son-in-law of osama bin laden. he was -- to kill u.s. citizens. he is the son-in-law of osama bin laden. he was a key member of osama bin laden's inner circle. the day after the 9/11 attacks we saw him in a video on long side -- alongside osama bin laden. he said a great army is gathering against you. he called them the nation of islam. you go into battle against jews christians, and the americans -- he said, "a great army as ais gathering against you," he called them the nation of islam . "to go into battle against jews, christians, and the americans." we have the prospect of an al qaeda-related detainee and suspect appearing in civilian court in new york. secondly, the authorities want to put across the message that time does not lessen the crime. the impact of 9/11 is still here after all these years. listen to the quote for him the -- from the attorney.

. >> the bmi, et cetera, et cetera. >> and they get more heat treating the workers like rats or hamsters in a cage. you have to take a measurement one of the thing, weight across the board they can track like the biggest loser on tv how the overall weight of the work force is going up and down. they're selling health care, it's not hooters, but you go for drugs and stuff to treat your health conditions, and it makes sense to them more than a lot of other businesses who want a healthy work force. >> brenda: if cvs worked-- they see what's happening to the seem of cyprus, and limits on withdrawals, bank closures, you name it. how safe is your cash? find out next. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. our financial advice is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings retirement advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. of mild to m

i think more importantly, we should look at next month's bmis. the u.s. data came very strong. we should see a strong performance in germany on the back of the exports. >> you could make that argument on the pmi in germany and it was surprisingly weak. a deep contraction in the fourth quarter was going to rebound now called into question. >> i think this will be the growth. but you've seen in the labor market, you've seen hard data, actually, a strong performance of the economy. so we -- i think we should not expect a continuous increasing pmi, a continuous increase in ifo business index. i think the big question is the next one, in my opinion, just what they said, the u.s. bring very strong data and that should sell into the german data. if it doesn't, domestic demand is weaker than we thought. the labor market is very strong. >> and this is the rebalancing that needed to happen in the eurozone economy in order to sustain growth going forward. at a critical time, by the way. antonio will stay with us. sip rooi ree yot lawmaker ves delayed a meeting for this morning. the govern

the worker vs to have a screening, weight, bmi, blew glucose and if you don't hit the levels you willritics call it an invasion of privacy. out front dr. deborah peel and good the see both of you. doctor, let's start with you. cbs put out a statement to us saying the benefits program is evolving to helping the colleagues take more responsibility for improving their health and managing costs and a step to accomplish this is a health screening and wellness review. in the sense this seems to make a lot of sense. literally. right? liter literally. if i have to pay the cost of making poor decisions and not working out maybe i'm more likely to make better decisions. >> well, erin, this is full of so much balogna. people are coerced in to voluntarily signing to get the health screenings or 600 a year deducted from the paycheck. so that's a problem. the idea that theyproblem, too. who knows what's keeping them from being healthy. that's one place cvs could do is ask. what can we do to help you? they think the answers are a wellness program, getting measured, creating -- forcing people really

i'm also doing the bmi challenge which ends in september.allenge and the match up which is a team challenge through work which is how i heard about healthy wage and i did the bmi challenge that ended in february. >> do you think it wouldn't have worked as well without the money incentive? have you tried to lose weight before and it didn't have an impact? >> i have struggled with my weight my whole life. it got down to pedicle condition. the pun helped. you put your pun up and you don't want to lose that. the year-long change-up for the bmi helped. >> anyone worried about keeping it off once you remove the incentive? john? >> i'm feeling better. i started out much heavier. arder to exercise. now it is a motivator with my family and myself. >> all right. food for thought. >> absolutely. >> congratulations. great accomplishment. coming up next, the college freshman who got to play with his idol, billy joel. right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] nothing gets you going quite like 8 grams of whole grains in quaker chewy bars. today is goi

. >>> next, workers told to fork over their weight and bmi or pay a steep fine. or is that just right on the money? >>> later on, tweets on the street. if twitter went public, would you buy the stock? perhaps the bullish case for a twitter ipo coming up. >>> the >>> the cnbc real-time exchange market snapshot is sponsored by interactive brokers. okay. >>> okay. the dow is now recovering about 50 points. it's now only down by 77. let's just get to peter kenny right now. what do you think is bringing this comeback in the markets, peter? >> i think, mandy, it has an awful lot to do with being very, very sharply and steeply oversold on an intraday basis. we came into the day with some very soft footing despite the fact that we had some very positive economic data in the form of the employment numbers, housing, existing home sales, home prices. the fact that they went up 6.5% over the last period. there's a lot of positive economic data. but what's really overshadowing that data is, of course, what's going on in cyprus. in a much broader narrative, the eu, what the im

you can get your bmi, your blood pressure, and other key statistics, and more importantly, we give you ways to make things things better. we offer what we call the employee assistance program. everything from legal advice to marital counseling to financial advice -- anything we can do to help our associates. a happy and said a sissy it is more productive, and you get better bottom-line results and long term results. .- a happy and fit associate we believe the uninsured and underinsured should get the same access as those of us who have insurance. that's why the services are complementary. we started going from the macro level to the micro level. we changed our employee meal program. simple things like changing the plate size. we went from a 9.5-inch plate to a 7.5-inch plate. we mandated more nutritious menus in all of our hotels. i'm still trying to get my team to catch on to what quinoa actually is, but slowly but surely, in winning them over. i am painting a rosy picture here. i want to give you some aggregate results. like i said, things can be painful. let me give you the good new

the premium starts here and if you have a bmi less than 30, you get a discount. you have a discount. cholesterol and blood pressure under control, you get a discount. behavior is a form ever currency for people to accomplish their lifestyle changes. >> without financial incentives, i couldn't have gotten to where i am now with saving thousands of dollars over a few years by being healthier. >> all we did was develop this culture of health and fitness. >> did you bike to work today? >> i did yesterday and i will do it again on friday. >> if you talk to the employees who lost 35, 50, 60, 100 pounds, they will tell you without a doubt, they have a better quality of life. >> for a longed about of time, i was hiding and shutting down emotionally. it's a struggle. when i'm running and it's a hot day and feel like giving up, it never fails. i will look up and see a person overweight cross the street. my first thought is that's why i'm running. that person used to be me. you can't say you are interested in the culture of health and fitness without providing a first class

the massachusetts school system has been sending letters to parents if their child's bmi, body mass inchhey are calling them fat letters. there is a controversy about it. parents don't like hearing that but at the end of the day as a medical professional, is this a good warning? is this something -- >> i think it's a conversation that as a society we need to have. i don't know if there may be some sensitivity issues about sending letters that might be interpreted as fat letters. you know, body mass index we will i doesn't tell you much more than how tall you are, and how much you weigh and it takes array she owe. there are other ways to determine risk in terms of obesity. obesity means too much fat. what we do is we measure the waist-hip ratio. that is about a good way to tell if your waist is two big you're storing too much fat. jenna: it's not something that the fools should be doing? >> i think the schools have an obligation to notify the parents there may be an increase. but those are things that parents should be talking about with their doctors and also opening up the conversation

k -- in the bmi case. >> is there any way to decide this that is limited to california only? >> the ninth circuit court did that. you could decide it as the ninth circuit bid. >> the problem with the case is that you are asking because of the sociological evidence. with this uncharted metaphor. you are doing so in a case with the opinion is very narrow. once the state goes half way it has to go all the way. wheree doing so in a case there is a substantial question. i just wonder if it was properly granted? >> it was certainly properly granted. there was a full trial of all of these issues. there was a 12 day trial. issue the not the ninth circuit decided. >> they looked at it and be decidedt it could on the narrower issue. it was certainly an appropriate case to grant. those issues are certainly fundamental to the case. the not want to abuse indulgence. you suggested this is uncharted waters. it was uncharted when this court in 1967 said prohibitions on interracial marriages which still existed in 16 states were unconstitutional. >> it was a hundred years old and the common-l

. >> so instead of get your bmi or pay money, instead you get the money in return like a reward. >> yeswould respond better to rewarding them to do weight loss instead of taking it away from them, taking money from them? i think people -- >> money talks. >> i think they're -- money definitely talks. >> go ahead, dean. >> you have to do something or else. >> one thing that i don't like, cvs is saying this is a vol untear program for workers. if you don't do the voluntary program, you're fined $600. that's not voluntary at all. that concerns me. second you gather data on who is sick, you know what, those cause higher insurance costs. maybe they'll look for excuses to fire employees. it's a tough job market and you can fire them for any reason if you don't have a contract. >> cvs says benefits program is evolving to help our colleagues take more responsibility for improving their health and managing health associated costs. an initial step to accomplish this goal is a health screening and wellness reviews so that colleagues know their key health metrics in order to take action to improve t

but if you were a parent getting a letter by saying by the way, the bmi body max index, height-to-weightory category, fix it, what if they're doing anything? it can be very shaming. it can create a lot of problems and worry, so it borders on the line of problematic. >> the american heart association say they approve of this measure and it's because one of three kids is overweight or obese. it's three times what it was in 1963. and when you look at the public health system, some people don't have access to it still but every kid is in school. >> and i think here's the issue as a parent. it's not the intent. the intent is a wonderful intent. i think it's the way the message is delivered. as a parent how do you not get that letter to the parent or guardian of. >> if you got that letter how would you react? >> i would probably feel like where's the personal touch here. my children are in a public school and i feel like there are a lot of channels for communication. there are e-mails, teachers, and i realize every town has a different picture. it's a matrix. i think the form letter, the other

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the ism, which is the equivalent of the bmi data was stronger than expected.relief even though the rest of the data wasn't that good. i have to give an asterisk to something i wrote yesterday about the beginning of a new month also. and the month of march has been kind of waffly indicator with the first day of the new month. at least in the last ten years or so. >> art, this week started with the italian elections having an unexpected impact on our market, it would argue, given the unexpected outcome. as the week has gone on, we sort of put it in the rear view mirror. i wonder if you expect that will come back to the fore? >> i think it almost has to. i think what got the markets was that this is -- turned into a rather slow-motion event. they thought you'd begin to see day after day, if not hour after hour, something coming up. beginning to realize that these guys won't even be getting ready to convene and take office until around the 18th. now, that gives the markets, all right, let's not get too excited, we've got a long time to look at this. as i look at i