because we've understood for years there are people who feel neglected, who feel unhappy, who feel unmotivated. what are you going to do to reenergize the people working in some of the other areas? >> c.d.c. handles a very broad range of health problems. we have to continue to address the commune cable diseases, the infectious diseases, like h1n1, hiv, sexually transmitted diseases and many more. at the same time, we have to strengthen our work in the noncommune cable diseases. i've said before that public health does a great job monitoring and controlling diseases and conditions that killed people a hundred years ago but not such a great job monitoring and controlling the leading causes of death today. that includes smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, alcohol abuse. these are problems that are the leading causes of illness and death today, and there are things that we can do to understand them better and to help control them better. >> are you going to try to carry some of the kind of big stick that you did in new york city where you've talked about maybe taxing junc

we have understood for years there are people at cdc the feel neglected, and happy and unmotivated. what will you do to reenergize the people working in some of the of our areas? >> cdc handles a very broad range of health problems. we have to continue to address the communicable diseases, infectious diseases like h1n1, hiv, sexually transmitted diseases and so on. at the same time, we need to strengthen our work in non communicable diseases. i have said before that public health as a great job monitoring and controlling diseases and conditions that kill people 100 years ago, but not a great job on a train and controlling the leading causes of death today. that include smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, all qualities, problems that are the leading causes of illness and death today. there are things that can be done to understand them better and control them better. >> are you going to try to carry the same kind of big stick you did in new york city? you have talked about taxing junk food. is that something be cdc can get into? >> we have to look at what ar