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. well later this morning we're going to get the official report on the number of jobs created last month. well there's also a new report just out on the number of layoffs in december - which happened in fact to be the fewest in 16 years. that report compiled by the outplacement firm challenger, gray & christmas. jim pedderson is with that firm. now that's kind of the opposite of we usually hear in december. > > that's correct usually december is one of the highest job cut months of the year. in the past and the past four or five years, since th