it's gotten so bad that the centers for disease control now estimates that one-third of american adults are overweight. another third are obese. why is obesity such a concern for you? >> the health data is so alarming. >> reporter: it's an epidemic that is causing concern at the highest levels of government. kathleen sebelius is the secretary of health and human services. >> it has an impact at every step along the way. on cost. on quality of life. on a productive work force. we are really putting ourselves at a huge disadvantage in a global economy by having a nation that is vastly overweight. >> reporter: but this is not the first time the federal government has sounded the alarm. >> we have addicted ourselves and we're now addicting our children to a sedentary lifestyle, diets that are high in fats, salts and sweets. >> reporter: dr. david thatcher was one of the first to say there was an obesity epidemic in america. >> anybody physically active? >> reporter: that was nearly a decade ago when he was u.s. surgeon general. >> obesity increases the risk of diabetes dramatically. it incr

we need to work with the center for disease control. we need to work with criminal justice and departments of education along with parents and help people see that substance abuse and mental illness is just another illness that we are dealing with in our country just like we are cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and the rest. and the underage drinking campaign as well. the underage drinking campaign continues to be a focus in this year and the next couple of years samhsa is putting a greater emphasis on underage drinking because underage drinking still remains our number one problem with youth, and it's a preventable problem. so if we can package up everything we've been talking about, put our resources behind it with our collaborative friends, we will begin to make a positive difference and once and for all really bring these numbers down to a manageable level of use. monique, you've mentioned that it is a limited footprint for recovery schools. talk to us a little bit about what the regular school systems, both on the private side as w

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centers for disease control reported that today in the first federal study of its kind.the report said h.i.v. is epidemic in many low-income urban areas in the u.s. and the poor are twice as likely to be infected as those better off. at least 1.1 million americans are living with the aids virus. >> wall street managed a modest rebounds after friday's sell-off. the dow jones industrial average gained 56 points to close at 10,154, the nasdaq rose 19 points to close at 2198. those are some the day's major stories. now back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the poly and politics of the jobs problem . >> from do what is right, not for the next election but the middle class. >> brown: standing beside 3 out of work americans the president accused rep cac -- republicans of hip october ski and blocking a $34 billion extension of unemployment benefits. >> and i have to say, after years of championing policies that turned a record surplus into a massive deficit, the same people without didn't have any problem spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax break force the wealthies

and the writer is correct that there are a lot of illnesses, centers for disease control and prevention estimates about 5,000 deaths per year in the u.s. and several hundred,000 people hospitalized every year from food borne illness. so it's a serious problem here in the u.s. the numbers overseas is very hard to compare because the way that the data is collected is different. certainly, our disease burden is major, is significant, and our law is much more outdated than most other industrialized countries. host: carol on our democrat's line. caller: thank you. good morning. my main concern is not so much the acute food borne illnesses that occur but rather what the government allows to be put in the food to begin with. we have supposedly food dye that is are not harmful, you have drugs that are in just about everything. you have this in food as well as cosmetics. now, the government will say that this is harmless but it is not. this is something that is foreign to the body, this is something that the body has to process, the liver has to -- it overworks the liver, it accumulates in the b

in honor of senator coverdell the centers for disease control established the paul coverdell national acute stroke registry that helped implement state registry able to track care for acute strokes and help expand the knowledge and improve the quality of care. his legacy lives on. he was an inspiration to so many of us. to dream big dreams and answer the call to preserve this great nation. he knew that the wonder and awe of america rests in the principle of our founding documents and people. we will always remember his patriotism and wisdom. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? without objection. >> mr. speaker, when it comes to social security americans have two choices, on the one hand there is the democratic party that created social security, strength yen it, and will continue to de -- defend it from attacks. on the other republicans on a never-ending crusade to dismantle this program. mr. deutsch: the ranking member of the budget committee plans to slash benefits and turn social security

>> it's a part of the centers for disease control and prevention. host: well, tell us about your organization and its role in the gulf cleanup. guest: well, c.c. as well as the other components for the department of health around human services are responding to the gulf oil crisis from the health perspective. we are the department of health and human services, so we're concerned about the health of the responders and the community and talents health of consumers that are buying and eating sea food from the gulf. we have the food and drug administration which is a part of the department of health and human services also, and they together with the ocean yanek, noah, are monitoring the seafood from the gulf. host: now, doctor, are you also working with the clean yum workers? guest: yes. together with the occupational safety and health administration is to make sure that we're protecting the response workers from the kinds of exposures that they are experiencing in their response work. host: what are you finding from the cleanup workers down there as f

>> it's a part of the centers for disease control and prevention. host: well, tell us about your organization and its role in theulf clean. guest: well, c.c. as well as the other components for the department of health around human services are responding to the gulf oil crisis from the health perspective. we are the department of health and human services, so we're concerned about the health of the responders and the community andalents health of consumers that are buying and eating sea food from the gulf. have the food and drug administration which is a part of the departmentf health and human services also, and they together with the ocean yanek, noah, are monitoring the seafood from the gulf. host: now, doctor, are you also working with the clean yum workers? guest: yes. together with the occupational safety and health administration is to make sure that we're protecting the response workers from the kinds of exposures that they are expiencing in their response work. host: what are yo finding from the cleanup workers down there as far as health c

>> it's a part of the centers for disease control and prevention. well, tell us about your organization and its role in the gulf cleanup. guest: well, c.c. as well as the other components for the department of health around human services are responding to the gulf oil crisis from the health perspective. we are the department of health and human services, so we're concerned about the health of the responders and the community and talents health of consumers that are buying and eating sea food from the gulf. we have the food and drug administration which is a part of the department of health and human services also, and they together with the ocean yanek, noah, are monitoring the seafood from the gulf. host: now, doctor, are you also working with the clean yum workers? guest: yes. together with the occupational safety and health administration is to make sure that we're protecting the response workers from the kinds of exposures that they are experiencing in their response work. host: what are you finding from the cleanup workers down there as far as