dr. debbie is a practicing physician. so dr. debbie, these are researchers at ucla and they took a look at rats. why does what we learn from the rats apply to what we could be experiencing as humans? >> even though it's counter intuitive, humans are very similar to rats in terms of their biology and their neurological system so we can learn a lot. in this case, one of the issues is are these high sugar diets? we're talking about things like plain sugar, cakes and pastries, are they affecting some chemicals in your brain that might motivate you? jenna: when you're heavier than you should be, is that a natural conclusion, that you might be less motivated and more lazy as the stereotype goes? >> that's the thing. we have to be careful about the stereotype itself. we have a tendency because our society looks negative ol people that are obese, we might assume that's what the study shows but it could be a few different things. it could be that that chemical is affected. it's a chemical called dope -- dopamine. if this diet, if these su

dr. debbie is an assistant professor at school of medicine and it's relevant to the health field because teeny tiny medical devices. but when you read it, saliva as fuel, it's a say what sort of situation. how does this even work? >> i thought the same thing as you but it's not that unexpected. you think of fuel as oil or gas but if you think about it, we use sunlight for solar power, use hydroelectric power that' water generated so basically in developing countries, scientists are looking at can we use waste water, sewage water to power things. there's water with bacteria in it. maybe they can cause a chemical reaction to convert chemical energy to electrical energy. we've seen bacteria do this before. that's where y we talk about ho our saliva is breaking down bacteria and that reaction does what? what would be a real life application of something like this? >> yes. if you put it in the mouth and using the saliva, you can use it for two purposes. first, use it for electricity. you can power small devices. you could use it for like a blood glucose monitor. jenna: this would be just a li

debbie cowen who's hospital spoken and thomas and other. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm dr. i'm the executive director of apa family support services and the co-chair a group of nonprofit organizations helping with the services to the city. i'm here to speak to you a little bit of a challenge of getting their support. i'm also on the facilitate of san jose state. the facts have been stated and the public science is undisputed i want to applaud our leadership in bringing this forward it's failed in other cities

debbie cowen who's hospital spoken and thomas and other. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm dr. i'm the executive director of apa family support services and the co-chair a group of nonprofit organizations helping with the services to the city. i'm here to speak to you a little bit of a challenge of getting their support. i'm also on the facilitate of san jose state. the facts have been stated and the public science is undisputed i want to applaud our leadership in bringing this forward it's failed in other cities but once again san francisco through our lisp is leads on an issue that has indeed global implementations. my concern is how can we bring that to the voters and the asian community and even my colleagues while supportive may not want to stand and expend their energies without leadership. i'm having a tough time convincing them. i came if a meeting from the children height i want to say that their funds will support their health cavities in children under 5 in communities of color is epidemic and hope some of the resources will go to that. again, i applaud you for all

dr. kretman, secretary kelley and all the other folks who are here. it is a great group. and i think there's a reason why hiring our heroes and blue star families works so well together. like debbie, after most of my remarks have been stolen by the previous panelists, i'm going to adjust fire a little bit. [laughter] a couple of, sort of just comments on a couple of the things that i heard. and, one, in the opening remarks by dr. trowell-harris, one of the goals today is changing the narrative, but that is really a big part of what the chamber tries to do. so quick, quick 30,000-foot view of what it is we do at hiring our heroes, we are a program of the -- so back a second. the u.s. chamber of commerce is the world's largest business federation, and it represents the interests of the business community large and small here in washington and around the world. and we at hiring our heroes are part of the u.s. chamber of commerce foundation. now, the program began and our president/ceo, tom done here -- tom donohue talked about this a lot. mr. donahue was traveling around the world meeting with ceos, and the conversation would often times come around to the military, and he would hea