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Milk while emphasizing salads and offering oatmeal for breakfast. i spaoerpbtsed that myself. >> reresized it, rebalanced the happy meal. we took the fries and brought down the portion size a little bit and added automatically apple slices. >> other food chains of following mcdonalds lead. in the past year burger king has interest dutiesed more than a dozen new menu items including garden fresh salads, veggie buggers an burgers and fruit smoothies and healthier oils. >> we are kidding ourselves ...

>> are you tired of counting calories? did you know that you might be able to keep your weight study or even drop a few pounds without any special effort? heres some tips on that. this we have to hear. >> as we said before, small changes give you large results. its easy to lose five pounds. take at a breakfast bagel and make it an english muffin. increase the water you have. get up and stand and walk around instead of getting all the time. get more sleep. seven hours of sleep instead of five and...

Crackers. >> and you dropped two pants sizes and how many total pounds did you lose, 36. >> with portion size me we look how we feel about ourselves and bmi and i dropped out of the obese category and-- >> this is a work in progress, that is a lifetime goal and isnt a quick fix. nothing suggests that it can be done in 30 days-- >> and its life style change. the book again is portion size me, great examples of fruits, vegetables, nuts. >> 110 recipes and useful tips along the way. >> alisyn: grea...

I dont want to spend time with french people. i have never been to a dump but i understand the portion size is this big. who want to go to that? >> greg: dana does. she can only fit so much food in her tiny body before swelling up. i had a question. >> dana: take it from there. i dont know what it is about being told you cant do something that makes you want to do it. you dont drinking are soda but i want to buy a huge big gulp and walk around town and shake ice at people. >> greg: you want a bi...

People, you know, listen, i would want them to do this in my kids schools and not telling me -- megyn: youre big on anti-obesity and people need to you said there are real risks to eating this way, but are you in favor of the ban, uncle sam, basically, or the feds or local officials saying no? >> i think when the portion size gets so big it needs it own seat, it may be too big. hes not banning anything, you can still have your popcorn, your soda, but maybe you have it in smaller sizes. whats fun...

French restaurant? i dont want to spend time with french people. i have never been to a dump but i understand the portion size is this big. who want to go to that? >> greg: dana does. she can only fit so much food in her tiny body before swelling up. i had a question. >> dana: take it from there. i dont know what it is about being told you cant do something that makes you want to do it. you dont drinking are soda but i want to buy a huge big gulp and walk around town and shake ice at people. >> ...

Choices because the access isnt there. most items are just not there >> when you can suck down in liquid a days worth of calories for 2 or 3 bucks before you start cluing, theres a problem. theres a problem. we need to start thinking differentably it. >> i was at a friends house last night and, you know, in brooklyn and he had the original coke bottles, which they sell in some brooklyn super markets and they are 4 1/2 ounces or something i want to say, 6 1/2 ounces. >> 6 1/2. >> so small, that w...

Right at portion size them said 32 ounces is ridiculous. i think it is not a specific measure is but a metaphor for whats important. >> is interesting when you know the the exercise and calorie because theres -- the traditional way of understanding, theres input and outputs and two sides of the lemoner in terms of obesity. one of the things we have seen is a shift in emphasis in michelle obamas campaign from food, from calories to exercise. and there is no stroint other side telling people to ex...

Programming must meet strict nutritional standards on calories, portion size, sodium, sugar and saturated fat. disney, the parent company of abc, phased out added trans fats at its parks and resorts six years ago and introduced healthier options. they say they saw real results. the new initiative could have a much wider impact. >> what would you say would determine a success? >> this is the way the world needs to go. the way the world will go. and i think more and more companies, as weve already...

heres what john edwards had to say after the trial. >> i want to make sure that everyone hears from me and from my voice that while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was ever doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. >> the federal government still has the option of a retrial, that doesnt seem very likely at this point. joining me to talk about all of that, senior legal analyst jeff toobin and david peril managing ed tord of radaronline.c...