if you consider yourself a tellable, it should be something that keeps you alive. >> there was a report recently published that showed maryland's adult obesity rate is just over 28%, up from 21% in the past decade. why has maryland's obesity rate been so stubborn? >> i think in many staelths the obesity rate is rising. a lot of that has to do with the immigrant and african-american population both of which have rates of obesity over 60%. if you have a population growing that's higher than the natural average, that also has to do with the poverty rate too, which involves the white population. so if you see that over 50% of our children in public schools have to have subsidized meals, then that means our poverty rate is growing and poor people cannot ooel eat healthy foods. there's nothing wrong with a $1.99 full meal as far as they're concerned because they need to eat and feed their family. they will be eating the most unhealthy food and they don't have access to the healthier food. they go to the nearest grocery store which also doesn't carry healthy things. most of the fruits and vege