us. >> stephen: dr. , please come again maybe when america has lost some weight but would you do one thing for me, please don't leave this here. dr. collins, thank you so much. dr. francisweight of the nation, airs monday on hbo.

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us. >> stephen: dr. , please come again maybe when america has lost some weight but would you do one thing for me, please don't leave this here. dr. collins, thank you so much. dr. francis collins, the weight of the nation, airs monday on hbo. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: well, folks, thank you. well, ladies and gentlemen, that's it for the report. we are off for the next two weeks. have a great may. we'll see new the summertime

us. >> stephen: dr. , please come again maybe when america has lost some weight but would you do one thing for me, please don't leave this here. dr. collins, thank you so much. dr. francis collins, the weight of the nation, airs monday on hbo. so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. mmm-hmm. and just leave your phone in your purse. i don't want you texting, all right? daddy...ok! ok, here you go. be careful. thanks dad. call me -- but not while you're driving. ♪ [ dad ] we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. ♪ captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: well, folks, thank you. well, ladies and gentlemen, that's it for the report. we are off for the next two weeks. have a great may. have a great may. we'll see new the summertimeham: i can't believe the show starts in half an hour and achmed's late. maybe he drowned trying to visit bin laden's grave. (laughing) security. that's my name. don't wear it out. bubba j? yeah. well, gotta go. beer break. wait. achmed's late. ke

us. >> stephen: dr. , please come again maybe when america has lost some weight but would you do one thing for me, please don't leave this here. dr. collins, thank you so much. dr. francislins, the weight of the nation, airs monday on hbo. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: well, folks, thank you. well, ladies and gentlemen, that's it for the report. we are off for the next two weeks. have a great may. we'll see new the summertime [announcer] hulk hogan hammering away... get him, hulk! come oulk! here comes the hulk! oh! hulk's the man. [deandra] i have a question, though. what's going on with hulk hogan's hair? it's blond and yet it's silken like that of a chinese man. ah, yes. that is hulk hogan's signature look-- blond chinese hair and the skin of a hot dog. it's awesome. the whole thing's fake, but it's really awesome. fake? what the hell are you talking about fake? it's not fake. those guys got bashed and bloodied. i've seen guys get pounded in the ring. it's still fake, though, dude. charlie, charlie, i was there once. i saw a guy pick up a trash can, smash it into a guy's head. blood went eve

dr. francis collins, director of the national institutes of health. the n.i.h. is one of the leading partners in this week's efforts. dr. collins, a lot of our conversation in this area goes to the superobese. a lot of the statistics that are most troubling come from those people who have gained a huge amount of weight. but aren't there real health dangers that come from gaining a small amount of weight over a long amount of time? >> well, there are significant health consequences even for those who are not in what you would call the severely obese category. that would be somebody with a b.m.i. over 40. but if your b.m.i. is even over 2025-- and that's easy to do if you're just eating maybe an extra couple hundred calories a day over what you would need to maintain a normal weight-- that can put stress on a number of systems more importantly it stresses your system as far as how to handle sugar and that results in over the course of time difficulties in producing enough insulin to keep your sugar in the normal range and lots of people who are not really obese in

dr. francis collins is director of the national institutes of health, which is funding key trials, including 2 announced today. and eric hall is president and c.e.o. of the alzheimer's foundation of america, which offered input in designing the plan. welcome,entlemen. drcollins, welcome to you. there are elements here that we've heard a lot about before. research, education, outreach. what is new and different in this plan? >> well, first of all, let me say i think there is a new sense of excitement in the scientific community about the potential for making real strides in understanding what causes this disease and how to intervene. just in the last two or three years in research coming from nomeics, coming from an understaing stem cells, cong from the able t identify new potential drug targets. the field is energized. so it is the right time both given the enormous public health significance and the significance to individuals and families, and to scientific opportunities to ratchet up our efforts here to really move in the direction of identifying potential prevention methods and treatment