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Theres definite links to cardiovascular health. when we start talking about things like cancer, im actually more concerned about more environmental things -- diet, lack of exercise, obesity problems. when i talk about diet, im very concerned about high caloric intake as opposed to other things. isle point out that poor kids and middle clathsz kids, and this is not a race thing but a socioeconomic thing, poor kids have diets much higher in carbohydrates. middle-class kids have diets higher in pro...

And the bottom line is, taxpayers need to understand why -- what their money is being used for, and heres the irony of it. the way its being used, ultimately you have to spend more money on the same people who need benefits because of obesity problems. a lot of junk food. >> neil: potato chips and snacks, find ways to get liquor. the question is, how do you rein it in and you argue the genuinely poor than those who say -- some say youre ary cyst. >> you get the racist aspect of it. >> how do you...

Set up that way with those sorts of incentives, then you get what we have today. "the new york times" had a very interest chart that is relevant to people. take a couple examples. in the u.s., an mri scan is $1, 009. in britain i its $100. you have to ask this question about the american system. which is drimpb by fee for service. why do we pay so much and have relatively little to show for it? we outspend the rest of the world, but france which spends half as much as we do, the people live long...

Services, people get checked out, get educated. im going to ask my director to put the map of the seven cities that youre going to be in. theyre large cities right now. do you on the heels of report that i gave just about five minutes ago saying that mississippi, okay okay, and missouri have the largest obesity problems in our country. do you think youre going to expand beyond these cities that we see on the map? >> there is no doubt. this is going to be a complete movement. were starting with t...

That can help you discuss .a.d. together. call the toll free number .on the screen for your free information kit today. the risk is real. take the next step. call today. well, now to a medical question -- or to medical news, rather, and a question many of our mom viewers up feeding their babies right now are probably thinking about, when should i start feeding my baby solid food? >> a new study shows starting solid food too soon could lead to obesity problems later in life. what does this mean...

>> most of the people are not looking at suny, albany, an interesting screen, they got a pile of funding to support one of the programs. we can show you this. they got basically over $1 million, $1.1 million, to work on this. four full-time employees and theyll hire a fifth, researchers to collaborate with parents of kids involved in head start and community-based groups. well zoom over to washington university, st. louis. this is interesting. they have a project going on there where for parents...

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