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For all americans. >> neil: i'm telling, darling, be careful what you wish for because you might get it. >> i had a client yesterday who i'm trying to tell you about. when he was nine he went to the doctor, the doctor told him you're overweight. he took action. now inland. a lot of people know they're overweight and don't take action until they have diabetes, problems with their vision. their kidneys are failing. when it's $147 billion problem worry sharing, we need to share our bmi so we can croat create problems like we're trying to do. >> neil: i wasted a lot of time with you. here's all i'...

The fact we're now tracking bmi's, i think knowledge is power. >> neil: for whom is that knowledge power? >> knowledge is power for us to -- there are a lot of people that don't know their bmi and it's denial. >> neil: no, no, i don't care -- i don't care about me knowing my bmi, my doctor knowing, my boss knowing or a perspective employer, no, no, no. >> you know what? $147 billion is spent annually on obesity related costs. >> neil: i'm well aware of that. what if there was something about you in your medical records, because you're thin and fit and beautiful, all of the above, but there's s...

Care reform nicely. because it's looking at trying to reduce health care costs in the long term by tackling the obesity epidemic in the country. the sad fact is a third of children now are either overweight or obese. that puts us at high risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer. it costs the american health system a huge amount of money. >> $147 billion a year. >> at least. >> and focusing in on trying to reduce the obesity is an attempt to really get the american population much healthier, to reduce the future incidents of diabetes and heart disease, and i think it's going to have a tremendou...

The reaction to the videos? >> well, my dad, he is in kuwait right now. he has been inspired to start running. and we've had about five or six subscriptions. and they're all leaving very good comments. >> man, congratulations. keep up the good work. mom, this is terrific. >> thank you. >> and jordan, we'll get you mikked up next time and get you out of the shadows there. of have a great holiday weekend. thanks for being with us. >> thank you very much. got to tell you, america's battle against the bulge doesn't really come cheap, that's for sure. earlier today on cnn's "american morning," do...

Cost overall. you look at doss of obesity overall. as things stand now, $147 billion a year. break that down specifically in childhood obesity, per year. $14 billion associated with chronic disease, associated with childhood obesity. what's projected to happen over the next eight years, just in eight years, not even a decade, $344 billion will be the cost of taking care of diseases associated with obesity and specifically break that down into health care expenditures a quarter, 21% of total medical costs to treat the diseases. $144 billion a year now. to give you a scale of reference now to ta...