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morning, beyond the fat. there is a new study suggests obesity crisis in america may be worse than we thought. i know its not what you wanted to hear. bmi, a ratio of height to weight they used that that categorize people as overweight or obese. some say the current thresholds under estimate the problem. four in ten adults whose d bmi that are considered overwheat would be considered obese if their body fat percentage was taken in account. we cant ignore this, because all that extra we...

Nowadays. because i know the reality. but i mean, what were you thinking when you saw him eating that much? >> as a parent, you know, you want to see your kids happy. and mistakingly, horribly mistakingly, when we were eating, we were happy. somehow that computed to being a good parent. >> reporter: tigers dad wishes he had known this one startling fact, children with an obese parent are 50% more likely to be obese themselves. 50%. i think a lot of people focus on what you look like on the outsi...

Body. for me as a doctor, this is especially disturbing, because we see this with patients who are typically decades older. thats the top of your femur. thats the bone right here that goes into your hip. and it is pushing against the bone over here. you should have a nice layer of cartilage in between here. nice cushion. and because its so much weight, that bone is literally pushed back. and into that joint. thats going to hurt. of course, your joints hurting is not nearly as frightening as what...

>> hi, how are you? >> how are you all doing? just 12 years old and 250 pounds. tiger green has a story. call it the new american story. >> in our family, when youre happy, we eat. when youre sad, you eat. and when you just are watching tv, you eat. >> reporter: what did you eat? >> lunch, i have like a big 15-ounce steak or something. and like five sprites. stuff like that. >> reporter: five sprites? one meal? im almost scared to ask about dinner. what was that like? >> take lunch times five. >...

After a while, it wont be able to work as well. >> its scary, i know it could be happening to me right now. >> reporter: what were talking about isnt theoretical. its a really happening now. tiger told mae story that stuck with me. when he was in second grade, he started to have chest pains. doctors were concerned enough about his heart he ended up in a place like this, checking his heart and doing procedures and tests to try to figure out what was going on. a second grader, all of this because ...

Obese. what kind of damage is that doing? heres sanjay gupta. f coming up, an amazing story, >> reporter: as a father of three, its an especially hard for me to hear these stories, their lives cut by decades. these are children, worst case scenarios of nearly one-third of american kids who weigh too much. behind all those stats and numbers are real stories. people are worried what were describing could happen to them. lets go meet somebody. >> how are you? >> reporter: how yall doing? >> good....

Three, its an especially hard for me to hear these stories, children dying earlier than they should, in some cases their lives cut by decades. these are children, worst case scenarios, nearly one third of american kids weigh too much. behind all those stats and numbers are real stories. people are worried what were describing could happen to them. lets go meet somebody. >> how are you? >> reporter: how yall doing? >> good. >> reporter: just 12 years old and 250 pounds. tiger green has a story. c...

Heart. this heart is having to work so hard, that muscle is getting bigger and bigger, in the heart is a bad thing. after a while, it wont be able to work as well. >> its scary, i know it could be happening to me as well. >> reporter: what were talking about isnt theoretical. this is really happening right now. tiger told me a story that really stuck with me. when he was in second grade, he was 7 years old, started to have chest pains. doctors were concerned enough about his heart he ended up in...

Soaring use of extreme obesity may be taking decades off the lives of kids. theyre eating themselves to death. what do we mean? what is going on inside a childs body who is obese. what kind of damage is that food doing? youre about to see and a 12-year-old boy. "360" md, sanja gupta. >> reporter: as a father of three, its an especially hard for me to hear these stories, their lives cut by decades. these are children, worst case sken nair yoves nearly one-third of american kids who weigh too much...

Cartilage in between here, nice cushion. because its so much weight that bone is pushed back, into that joint. thats going to hurt. your joints hurting is not nearly as frightening as what all that fat is doing to your heart. this heart is having to work so hard, that muscle is getting bigger and bigger, in the heart is a bad thing. after a while, it wont be able to work as well. >> its scary, i know it could be happening to me as well. >> reporter: what were talking about isnt theoretical. its ...