there are no quick fixes for obesity. penny weismuller: i called and i spoke to linda on the phone and made an appointment, came in to talk to her. i was really interested in how well people could maintain a weight loss, because i didn't want to... i didn't want to lose weight and not keep it off. linda gigliotti: when a patient comes in, we will ask them, "well, what do you see your goal weight being? what goal do you have in mind?" because we need to know where that person is coming from. ralph cygan: many patients come to a weight loss program with extremely unrealistic ideas about what their goal weight should be. i think they're either motivated by what they see on fashion magazines, or perhaps think about the old height/weight tables they're used to seeing from insurance companies, and have really unrealistic goals. i was having pain in my heel, and i was feeling pretty desperate. i was thinking about having the weight loss surgery, but i was afraid of complications. so i thought i would call here as one last chance

clinically obese many states have much higher rates too and according to a two thousand and nine review of the epidemic of obesity by the national institutes of health people who live in the most poverty dense counties in the us are those who are most prone to obesity meaning pretty much that our poorest people are fat now there are lots of ways to parse the data for instance higher income women are less likely to be obese and low income women but the same might not be true for men but all of this can be filed under one big having a no doc right because we all know this by now we've all seen the pie charts and heard lots of talking heads that yapping about this data for a while now and we all know our food has become clairette because of broken big agriculture and corporate greed our blood has become just another way for fact cat fight intended to make money and the result is that our food is making us all fat which is making us all sick we've all been talking about the correlation. between party disease stroke diabetes certain types of cancer and obesity for a while now what we're not

one reason may be the costs associated with obesity.wood johnson foundation suggests the costs of preventing obesity related diseases will rise to $66 billion by 2030, that could cost up to $580 billion in lost productivity and 2011 gallup poll found overweight or obese workers missed an estimated 450 million additional days of work compared with healthy weight workers. so the question is, should we have the freedom to be fat or should we be paying for it? president of the national action against obesity, sunny hostin is a cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. this controversy has a lot of people talking about health care costs, how about on an airplane if your body takes up more space than someone else's, even takes up into two seats, is it reasonable that someone who is bigger should have to pay more for the space they're taking on the plane? >> i think if you use two seats on an airplane you should be paying for two seats on an airplane. i don't know how you feel but when i sit down in a seat i'm hoping to use the whole th

please join the obesity action coalition and acknowledge obesity as a disease for acceptance, for access to all effective treatments, including diet and exercise, pharmacotherapy and weight-loss surgery for obese adults with at least one obesity related comorbid condition. visit obesity action dot org and sign an open letter pledging your support and for more information about how to talk to your doctor about your weight and your treatment options. together we can make a choice to end obesity now. a public service from the obesity action coalition. a retail revolution is happening. retail specialist jim dion of dionco inc. is on set with us this morning. good to have you in the house today. > > thank you. > let's start by talking about some of the extremes that retailers are going to. they are always trying to attract shoppers. what are you seeing out there jim? > > we are seeing the most amazing trend is the online is going off-line, and they are actually opening brick-and- mortar locations to get customers to come in, try out a product, and then go back online to purchase the product.

please join the obesity action coalition and acknowledge obesity as a disease for acceptance, for access to all effective treatments, including diet and exercise, pharmacotherapy and weight-loss surgery for obese adults with at least one obesity related comorbid condition. visit obesity action dot org and sign an open letter pledging your support and for more information about how to talk to your doctor about your weight and your treatment options. together we can make a choice to end obesity now. a public service from the obesity action coalition. on to chart talk now with dan deming of stutland equities. he has been trading on the floor of the chicago board options exchange. can you believe this market dan? > > i tell you, very resilient angie. really an amazing rally yesterday, kind of shrugging off the news from europe, feeling like things are going to be resolved over there with no major consequences for mainland europe or the eu proper, ecb. so, the market kind of gathered itself and pushed its way back up toward near-all-time highs in the s&p. > do you think it is likely that the

of the adults are obese, the highest rates of obesity are found among lower income groups. people with less than a high school degree have the highest ebeesity rates and some of the lowest in the nation. evidence is emerging it's largely an economic issue t has to do with the energy and density of food, that's right energy density. good tasting and convenient processed foods with added sugar and fat, here in new york a quarter pound of salmon costs about $5, gives you 161 calories. quarter pounder from mcdonald's, three bucks and around 510 calories. people sacrifice the nutrients they need for cheaper choices and with those choices comicalries. according to new york mayor bloomberg, saving money in the short run hurts everyone in the long run. >> obesity is going to bankrupt this country because the health care costs of people overeat something just growing leaps and bounds much faster than we can come up with money to pay for it. it's a big problem. >> where in america should we have the freedom to be fat or do the poor need to be protected from obesity by their governmen

please join the obesity action coalition and acknowledge obesity as a disease for acceptance, for access to all effective treatments, including diet and exercise, pharmacotherapy and weight-loss surgery for obese adults with at least one obesity related comorbid condition. visit obesity action dot org and sign an open letter pledging your support and for more information about how to talk to your doctor about your weight and your treatment options. together we can make a choice to end obesity now. a public service from the obesity action coalition. and there's a big advantage parents can give their kids -- making sure they get active at least 60 minutes each day. studies show that physical activity not only helps kids stay healthy, it can enhance important skills, like concentration and problem solving, which can improve academic performance. this means physical activity can help your kids in the most important game of all -- life. going to slow down any time soon? > > at the beginning of the year we were looking for a rally into the first six months of the year. we haven't changed our o

officials really are going to keep fighting against obesity it's probably a good idea to consider the root causes of why people are you know buying these super cheap drinks why are they eating the cheap fast food and not being able to provide a better kind of nutrition for themselves so these are really much deeper issues that you know let's ban big cups you know health advocates do kind of single out soda and other sugary beverages as as playing a role in the obesity epidemic and other have health elements that we see today i want to bring up this photo because it does of i think it does a pretty good job of illustrating the sugar content there it is this photo is from the rethink your drink campaign and as you can see the bags of sugar underneath each drink shows how much sugar is actually in the drake research proves that this is not good for you i think it's pretty just like outlive the big gulp they're tired vagas sugar i mean i guess the question is should there be some kind of guidelines on food when so many people are getting sick. well there definitely should be some kind of

two-thirds of our population is overweighted or obese. that includes the sickly people are eating well and taking care of them sels. only 8% eat right and don't excess and don't smoke. only 8% of s even trying. >> what about what senator smith says, we get that. in this country you have the freedom to be fat? >> it's like what tony was saying. he doesn't have a problem regulation with the state. i'm very curious what he has in mind. he wants state regulation. tony, why don't you let us know what you have in mind. >> the whole purpose of this is not to have every city and state have their own regulations. as a restaurant operator i would operate under one set of standards. >> what do you have in mind. what do you suggest? >> look, we're doing things like in mississippi. i brought some notes so i can quote this properly. we are doing things to support getting fresh foods from the farms to the restaurants. we implemented processes to do that. we are developing a lot of walking trails and bike trails in the state. >> what do you have against

this also punches a hole in michelle's obesity -- michelle obama's obesity campaign.hat's your take, my friend? >> well, first of all, i'm jacked up on sugar. so i'll be speaking really quickly tonight. as you know, sugar does that to me, larry. it is great to be back. but listen, i don't see why we would take a judge's opinion on health just for the first point here. but the second opinion is i love these limousined libertarians who always say oh, we shouldn't be in people's health -- or people's personal freedoms to go out and buy a 72-ounce bottle of sugar and yet the very same ones want to get in my life about birth control and about teaching creationism in schools. listen, this mayor made a decision that's a goal that's a very good goal. you can argue with the tactics. but the decision is to make new york a healthier place. >> i don't think -- >> his tactics may be up for discussion but he wants to make new york healthier. you too larry. >> i don't think it's a good decision. i don't have a weight problem thank heavens. i've weighed the same thing for about three

the link between obesity in poverty. there are two very bad things on the rise in the us poverty and obesity according to a u.s. census bureau report the number of people in the u.s. living in poverty rose to forty six million people in two thousand and ten the greatest number in more than fifty years for a country with a touch of millionaires and billionaires and all the coolest toys that's pretty gross according to a two thousand and eleven c.d.c. report no state in the union has an obesity rate of less than twenty percent meaning that in every state in our country at least one in five people are clinically obese many states have much higher rates too and according to a two thousand and nine review of the epidemic of obesity by the national institutes of health people who live in the most poverty dense counties in the us are those who are most prone to obesity meaning pretty much that our poorest people are fat now there are lots of ways to parse the data for instance higher income women are less likely to be obese and

lopez who explained why it is that obesity has become a problem for the military and like now. well liz it's really a compilation of the problems that we're facing in american society today we have seen obesity become a huge problem where thirty percent of americans are obese these days now what i want to say is that six hundred twenty five soldiers last year alone were actually discharged from the military that's increased fifteen fold since two thousand and seven and really it does reflect the population we have people eating about thirty percent more calories annually in the u.s. they're also eating about fifteen pounds more of sugar annually right so yes it's a problem and society as a whole and it looks like members of the military are not exempt from this problem could this actually pose a national security risk well that is what three hundred generals are actually saying it was that in a letter that was sent to the pentagon and around the u.s. from three hundred joint chiefs of staff retired admirals etc saying that is so big of a problem that it is actually our number o

parents or more are twice as likely to be obese as an adult.we might plead with our kids to do as we say and not as i do, we know we can't live on the couch eating french fries and candy bars and expect our kids to eat carrots and run around block. too often that is exactly what we are doing. we are skipping the gym so the we can drive kids to school in the morning. we eating fast food at lunch so we have time afterwards to go to the store and pick up something decent for dinner. we are working so hard to keep kids healthy that we are neglecting ourselves. in some ways that is what it is to be a parent. there are plenty of things to do for ourselves but there is nothing that we won't do for our children. one of the most important things we can do for our children's health is to take care of our own health and to make being healthy truly a family affair. [applause] >> giving parents the information and options they need is an important component to helping the entire household become healthier. just think for a minute what this country could loo

obesity diabetes we're killing hundreds of thousands since our nation began soldiers have sacrificed everything in order to protect the country that they love today they need to think about adopting healthier lifestyles in order to better serve their community today seventy five percent of men and women between the ages of seventeen and twenty four are not qualified to join and of the twenty five percent who are more than half cannot pass a physical training test the fitness tests are very easy the minimum standards are . almost laughable obesity is such a huge problem for the military that it costs the defense department some one point one billion dollars annually in medical care former navy seal stu smith is working to change that with his heroes of tomorrow initiative a program that is meant to get recruits military ready and that's no easy task you know it's a lot of these kids have no athletic ability at all or i should say no athletic history at all you know they have athletic ability they just never been tasked to use it and where there is a problem people are sure to look for

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it's all related to obesity. we have to look in the mirror.e have to be able to have conversation. we actually need to use the "f" word, fat, and obese, and be able to say it to people just like they have any other type of illness. >> and i think it lifts yourself-esteem. that's what helped many he to lose a lot of weight. >> yeah. >> and you have a book coming out on this subject? >> i do. it's called "obsessed" and it's about america's addiction to junk food and takes my story as well as a good friend of mine who became obese over the process of 20 years and we both kind of found our way back into the middle in terms of our relationship with food and also looked into the science of the addictive qualities of food, of sugar, fat, and salt. the key ingredients in most of the food we eat. and right now the science is showing and there are experts on nutrition, brain experts as well as food experts and obesity experts coming together using the term addictive qualities of these substances. the next level is addiction. if we can actually prove tha

please join the obesity action coalition to acknowledge obesity as a disease visit obesity action dot org to sign an open letter pledging your support and for more information about how to talk to your doctor about weight loss and treatment options. together we can make a choice to end obesity now. a public service from the obesity action coalition. andrew keene, president of keeneonthemarket.com, joins us on this monday morning. hello andrew. let's take a look at a couple of trades you have on, starting with goodyear tire. what do you see in the charts with this one? > > i like this one. it has actually been moving up nicely in the last couple days, even on friday when the market looked a little bit weak, goodyear tire, gt, was higher. i flagged, there were calls being bought when the stock was trading $13.10. i looked at the chart, if i was to buy stock, i would have had a stop at around $12.50. i bought calls instead. i bought april $13 calls, which gives me the right but not obligation to buy stock at $13. the stock has moved up to $13.60. i think it can get up to $14 and then $14

on treating people of 0 obesity in our hospitals in new york city alone this year. but regardless -- >> where is the line? where is it too far for government to go? >> i do not think we should ban most things. i do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom and that is, for example, if you're drinking we shouldn't let you drive because you'll kill somebody else.

this notion that obesity has not leveled off is not true.th sides, both the respondents as well as the plaintiffs acknowledge as an issue of fact that obesity levels in the city of new york have leveled off. two, they both acknowledge that the consumption of sugary drinks has been reduced. and so that was stated -- >> prior to the ban. >> prior to the ban. that was stated in court. we have to acknowledge and recognize nice obesity levels have leveled off and the consumption of sugary drinks have been reduced. so what can we do to further that trend. that's the issue. again with the stick i just don't think is the appropriate approach. >> here's the subtext. january 11th, you received $1,000 from a political action committee of coca-cola. i want to put this in context. talking about new york politicians getting money from all sorts of groups. i want to put that in context. i'm saying like people gets lots of money. but the argument that's being made here, right, is that yes when you have a variety of options on the table, if the soda industry

, and sugar is not the only cause of obesity.obesity to diabetes that's a very different issue. potato chips and french fries are more obese causing than sugar is. but it's a baby step in the right direction in terms of governmental and societal intervening. >> michael: and i think it creates a converseation. here we are talking about it. and it's months and months and months later, they are at cpac talking about it. >> exactly. they brought a court measure into the issue as to the analogies between the two, but the fact is there are clear dichotomies in terms of what is going on versus what that ruling was. and convenient yulely this will be appeals and eventually overturned. >> michael: can this war be won? >> it has to be won. a report was just released that the obamacare is now going to cost 32% more than what they originally said it was. medicare will be broke by the year 2024. i want my medicare. it has to be solved. >> michael: doctor thank you. it's tuesday afternoon on the west coast here, which means the stress of the w

. >> 70,000 americans will die from obesity. 5,000 here in new york. >> the most obese state in the nation is not impressed and they're fighting back with loads of food. the big panel weighs in on the southern food fight and much more. ted cruz brings back mitt romney's worst nightmare. >> i think it was two words. 47%. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee tells us why cruz has no right to use those words. and "the ed show" is making a major announcement. it is guaranteed to have you talking tomorrow. you don't want to miss it. >>> good to have you with with us. thanks thanks for watching. warning, here we go. it's the beginning of the big cave. that's what i think. today, president obama met with senate democrats, all part of the latest effort to reach a grand bargain. where was the during the election, this big conversation, hey, we have to get this grand bargain with these republicans. this is why you have to vote for me. i've got to have this grand bargain. we go to war, we don't pay. we do big pharma, we don't pay. tax cuts, we don't figure what it's going to do to the economy, but you

he told me this that people don't die of obesity.erstanding the difference, that's crucial. >> metabolic syndrome is the cluster of diseases that tend to travel with obesity, so they are type ii diabetes, lipid problems, hypertension, card cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. these are the diseases that the obese certainly get in greater frequency. however, people think that obesity cause these diseases. that's what i'm telling people, that is not the case. and here's why. 20% of the obese population is completely metabolically normal. they will live a completely normal life, die at a completely normal age, not cost the taxpayer any extra money, they're just fat. conversely, up to 40% of the normal weight population has those exact same metabolic diseases and they don't even know they're sick, and those and the question is, therefore, not is obesity the cause of those diseases, but rather is obesity a marker for those diseases, and indeed that seems to be the case. when you understand that you realize those diseases are where

if we have had one-third of americans in our country who are moderately obese, obese. we need to be more intelligent and with young children -- those preteens and teens are being bombarded with soda commercials all the time. i am a teacher at a school and my students come to class with a soda in their hands. the impact of excess amount of sugar is destroying the health of our nation. as you know the major risk factors of obesity are hard attack, stroke, and even cancer. icily support major bloomberg's decision to keep this ban in place. it will reduce the health cost that is affecting our nation. host: you brought up a couple of points. "the hill" has this -- we go to bill >> in columbia, maryland. caller: good morning. as a libertarian i am opposed to the nanny state, all of the laws designed to protect us from ourselves. to the larger point of the health care costs, this may sound cynical but the extra costs for health care that these zero -- health care that is going to cost society will be even out by the fact that they will die prematurely. there won't be much cau

the obesity epidemic itself started in 1980.uding our own dependence on convenient low-cost processed foods deepened. that's one of the themes going through the book. which for me was really like being inside a detective story. looking at how these companies have, have deepened our dependence on salt, sugar fat especially. >> and the other thing that is just staggering is the science. the amount of research and development they put into every aspect. you talk about something called the bliss point. >> yes. >> which anybody who has bitten into a cheeto, which i'm sure you have, sam stein, and you threw the bag away, so there would be no evidence about your orange fingers. the bliss point is the apex of like taste, sensation, sound, crunch, the rest. i want to read a little bit about the science. one of the most compelling and unsettling aspects of the role of salt, sugar and fat in processed foods is is the way the industry in an effort to boost their power, has sought to alter the physical shape and structure, scientists fidslin

health care costs related to obesity are in the hundreds of billions. didn't get a raise because your company has to put more money into health insurance premiums. well, cvs caremark is trying to do something about it, and it's causing a stir. the company's new health care plan will penalize employees if they don't weigh in. that's right. reveal their weight to the company by may 1st. good idea or terrible invasion of privacy? let's bring in mimi roth and jeff steyer, senior fellow at the national center for public policy. mimi, i just have a sneaking suspicion i know where you fall on this issue. >> yes, i weigh 122 pounds. >> you've revealed it. jeff, don't worry about it. i just told comcast, should i have to tell comcast what my weight is? >> why shouldn't you? >> it's none of their business. >> let me tell you about. obesity has made it everyone's business. it's not just costing raises but costing jobs. corporate america should not be carrying the weight of employee obesity. >> pun intended? >> it's related to lifestyle choice. and just like they s

there's a lot of evidence that the childhood obesity rates have leveled off and are dropping in many places. we've got a new report since we were here last year that the agreement we made with soft drink manufacturers to reduce the caloric content in schools of drinks served in the cafeterias and in the school vending machines -- that those calories have dropped by 90% in more than 90% of the schools in america purely by agreement. there are more than 30 million more children eating healthier meals, more nutritious meals at more affordable prices in rural areas where they used to have to pay more for these things. these practices were instituted before the new usda guidelines came in, and i say that to encourage all of you to believe that we do not need a government solution to all these things. it is good to have the right government policies, but there are things we can do together that will make a difference, so i am encouraged by that. i wanted to also just mentioned a couple of other things -- last year, i asked everybody in this audience to get involved in some way and actually

schools across the country are dealing with a weighty issue -- obese students.ccording to the centerings for disease control in 2010, more than a third of kids in this country were overweight or obese. but are some schools taking the fight against fat too far? we have a fox affiliate in boston with this diswroor cameron watson is hardly a videogame playing 10-year-old. >> i don't like to sit inside. >> reporter: he was brought into this world as a premy, but he is healthy and very athletic and plays youth football, practices martial arts and wrestles. he is at practice several times a week. >> we run starks jog... drill and live wrestling. >> reporter: this weekend, he is wrestling in the state finals and must weigh in at 95 pounds. >> i drink a lot of eench joyce andigatorrade. >> reporter: that's why cameron and his mother were stunned when they got the letter saying his body mass index puts himself in the obese category. >> why do you care? it's not your body. half of us -- how they do it with the numbers, tom brady's obese and he's the skinniest quarterback

healthcare is running away with the budget and obesity is one of the primary drivers. just cannot afford it. miami, whether they like it or not, have to face it. neil: the judge labeling the ban arbitrary and capricious and full of loopholes. most agree with the judge. but the mayor certainly not giving up, hoping to change his luck. with a stop at lucky restaurant which is implementing the ban voluntarily. the mayor comparing it to banning smoking in bars and other places. vowing not to stop the fight. it could be a very long fight if my next guest is right. you said, dan, it was unconstitutional to start, and now the judge seems to agree. >> yeah there was three problems. first awful, arbitrary and capricious. doesn't apply to the 7-eleven because the city doesn't serve it. it cut out the legislature. city council did not contracted a law and we're the representatives of the people -- and put it forward for the mayor to sign. he did this by executive fiat. >> neil: he has a council that he hand-picked, sort of just reflects whatever his -- >> the department of health

obesity kills.uestion about it. >> sean: and joining me now with reaction from americans for prosperity, the one and only jennifer stefano and the national action against obesity, meme roth, don't tell me you want this. first of all, i don't need the government telling me what i can and cannot eat or put in my body. leave me alone. >> i actually agree with you of the i hate that it came to this, but it's -- the reality. pagovian. if you make a personal choice and it affects others, and the chronic overeating. >> sean: what are you going to do. order four cokes if you want to the law is useless. >> you can if behavior psychology a bowl of candy on your desk you'll eat far more of that than six feet away on a shelf. >> sean: if i want the candy i'll walk six feet and get the candy. i don't-- >> this is about a behavioral psychology issue, but that's fine what you would do, but the numbers-- >> if you really understood behavioral psychology you'd be a committed free market warrior like i am. because tr

i think when you have a city, you're the mayor and you have 57% of the adults obese you've got an obesityem, 47% with children and residents dying as a result of obese related illness, af got to take some action. you think about it, the taxpayers are the ones who are bearing this burden. >> greta: all right, does he have the legal authority to do it. ted didn't like people getting fat in the city and michael bloomberg having the legal authority-- >> today doesn't. >> greta: ted doesn't like fatr? >> i love bloomberg, too, 2008 he said no more smoking in restaurants, after that he said no mow trans fat and sodium in food. you can't legislate what people eat. my kids don't want soda, never acquired the taste. >> greta: and the perfect father and $world of world-- >> and three of them spoke pot and-- >> jim, i want to hear from you, sanity. >> and i'm a huge fan of mayor bloomberg and having said that, i think the judge is absolutely right here. listen, legislators make laws not appointed boards and first of all, this law, the judge said the opinion was arbitrary. ruling out large drinks, sa

the obesity is more than 24%. i guarantee you there is no way our health budget will increase of that rate unless we deal with obesity. that process of dealing with cardiovascular crises and the things that go along with the way we are. definition dramatically drives our healthcare budget. this is a national security issue if you do not deal with it. why can't we lose weight? conventional diets rely on willpower. there are systems in the body that force us to we --eat how many can you hold your breath on definitely underwater? is impossible. likewise you cannot lose weight by trying to lose weight because your biology will always be your willpower. the second thing is we do not measure the right stuff. it does not matter what your weight is. it matters what your waste -- waist is. at my height, six foot 1, 72 plus 1, 73 inches is my height. outside it in half, 36.5 inches. if my waist is more than that, then i am at risk for cardiovascular disease. the problem in our society is that men after 40 never buy a new be

. >>> and now, we move onto a new report on obesity, with a surprising conclusion. researchers say they have found a link between a woman's weight and the amount of work done around the home. abc's cecilia vega takes a closer look tonight at a headline that is already drawing fire. >> reporter: all that grueling housework? >> the homemaker walks miles every day. >> reporter: a group of south carolina researchers says one reason modern women may be packing on the pounds? is because they're not doing the heavy lifting like they used to. >> even an efficiency expert would be staggered by the amount of chasing around and indoor road work that the little woman takes as a matter of course. >> reporter: researchers compared activity logs kept by stay at home women from 1965 until today. and this is what they found. back then, women spent 25.7 hours a week dusting, mopping, cooking and washing. fast forward to 2010, just 13.3 hours. the study says, from 1965 until now, the average american woman who works at home has gained 22 pounds. people will see the headline from this

climate change, obesity. and the natural course of society will often not see those problems and do the right thing. so having somebody whose got a business background, some resources, willing to put his reputation behind it who speaks out about hey let's, you don't want your kids to get overweight. let's work on this now. not later. it's so valuable to society to have a credible voice whose got a track record and is going to go about it in an effective way. >> rose: another thing is you can shake it. when you do it early and young, you can shape it as you were doing and you were doing. >> the opportunities to be creative and to be a leader are i think maybe more so in philanthropy than any place else because there's always other needs, there's always other things you can go after. and there are diseases that nobody's really working on because not that many people get it but those that do are real tragedies. these orphan diseases they're called. you can go after those. you can, you know, just help kids. educa

i think many of you know that childhood obesity, the fight against childhood obesity is a growing national movement that takes community activism and organizing, but it takes great action-based researchers to really engage in our communities and really integrate them self-to support community organizing to address large food companies that are in many ways poisoning our children and our families as well. and today i'm asking my colleagues to join me in honoring the 40th anniversary of an incredible institution. again, it's the lee institute for health policy studies. and we're going to be declaring later in the meeting, hopefully with a unanimous vote, the february 27th, 2013 as philip r. lee institute day in san francisco. i wanted to also say quickly that the work of the institute is amazing in integrating with community-based organizations and connecting some of the top -- world's top researchers in obesity, not only sugar and fat and how it impacts our brains, but also how children are targeted whether it's through ads or through chemicals that are in the food and super processed foods

here's what he had to say: "with high consumpation of full-sugar drinks, you have a much higher obesity rate, and it's much worse in poor neighborhoods." joining us now via skype, michael moss, a reporter with the new york times, and the author of "salt sugar fat: how the food giants got us hooked." michael, is this a minor or a major set-back for the mayor? > > i think for him it is a huge publicity coup on one level, because he has just cranked up the public discussion of this issue. and i have to say that reporting this book, for me, was like a detective story, being inside the soda industry. it is amazing how much effort they put into formulating and marketing their products to make them utterly irresistible. > what is likely to happen next in this instance? > > well, he says he is going to appeal, there will continue to be some court wrangling on this. other cities are looking at this as well, but, again, i think people are really paying attention and looking. look, the food industry is not an evil empire about to make us all obese or otherwise ill, but you have to understand where

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if we are serious about fighting obesity, we have to be honest about what causes it and we have to have the courage to tackle it head on. >> reporter: in a city of more than 8 million where health officials say the obesity epidemic is responsible for more than 5,000 deaths a year, the mayor says his fight to make new yorkers healthier will continue. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> still ahead along the way for us tonight, where are all the penguins? our journey to the bottom of the earth and what it can tell us about what's happening to the rest of the earth. >>> later, making a difference. ann curry reports on a new way to see the world for people who can't make the trip themselves. >>> we have a status report tonight on climate change and how visible it is in one of the most stunning places on the globe. if you have the chance in life to journey to the bottom of the earth to antarctica, you will see it unfolding in dramatic fashion. nbc's kerry sanders is just back from there and has our report tonight. >> reporter: it is the waning days of summer in antarctica and there is an a

obesity is an epidemic that has enormously significant health consequences and overall, i think he's doing a really good job on that issue. that said, the soda ban isn't one of his proposals in this area that i support, because my fear is that with issues around food and obesity, if you say no, people have almost a reflex reaction to do it, to go get it. >> but is that a reason not to make something illegal or unlawful? take for example the ban on smoking in a number of public places. the reality is it's actually stopped most people smoking in public places, which is good for their health and more importantly, better for the health of those around them who don't want to smoke. >> absolutely. and when i was -- before i was speaker i was health committee chair. i was the lead sponsor on the bill and led the effort in the council to get the bill passed, the mayor's smoking ban, passed and there was clear evidence in the city at our earlier bans which we expanded that it did have the effect we wanted. >> you can't tell me, christine quinn, that these ridiculously large guzzling great tub

obese co-workers were more likely to e-mail each other. researchers at the health weight center hope that these types of social networks in the workplace that can used to spread more helpful messages. >>> how about one more round of drinks after 2:00 a.m. maybe. a new bill would allow california bars to be open until 4:00 a.m. senator mark leno wants to let clubs and bars that already stay open past 2:00 a.m. to continue serving alcohol. the bill would allow cities and counties to petition individually for the later alcohol service. this is a similar policy that they have in new york and other major cities. >>> two bay area companies are finally joining forces. you'll be able to like movies from netflix on facebook with a new app. you won't be able to use facebook to see what your friends watch, but you'll be able to see on netflix what your friends watch. netflix member also have access to the connection features by the end of this week. >> i'll be looking for recommendations on that. back in a moment. stay with us. >>> we have dressed fo

35% of adults are obese in the state of mississippi.ississippi's anti-bloomberg bill, a restaurant owner, says consumers, not the government, should decide what they can buy and apparently most americans yearn for high calorie fast foods and they want to eat it freely. case in point, the cool ranch doritos locos taco, taco bell customers went loco last week because they could not find the new taco at the local restaurants venting on taco bell's facebook page, you lied to me, i thought we had a better relationship than this, and why, taco bell, why? hate to say it, but taco bell fail. seriously, doritos loco taco is no joke. taco bell told "the daily beast" it sold 1 million nafrp cho cheese -- nacho cheese tacos a day. it had to hire 15,000 new people to handle the load. clearly we want to eat what we want when we want and we have an obesity problem in this country. talk back question of the day, is mississippi's anti-bloomberg bill a good idea? facebo facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me @carolcnn. ♪ [ telephone rings ] hello. [ man ] jen