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Aren't getting enough of it. >> sleep has been forgotten perhaps in the last decade. the research is amazing. >> reporter: meet bob greene, a personal trainer and best-selling author, who has shot to fame in recent years through his books and with the help of his low-profile friend oprah winfrey. bob's latest book, "20 years younger," offers advice on looking and feeling younger. and sure enough, one of the key ingredients is sleep. >> it helps you function younger. it bolsters your immune system. it's tied to everything. so getting adequate sleep is essential, and most people aren't. >> repor...

With andrew and diabetes, i have seen with his friends and other people in support groups, the horrific costs of obesity and how much it's costing this government. it is -- you talk about budget issues. this is one of the biggest budget issues. some of the biggest costs for medicare and medicaid are directly related to obesity and overeating. >> charles made the point that obesity leads to chronic diseases. diabetes, heart problems, et cetera. chronic problems, 20% of the population that has chronic problems drive 80% of the costs of the health care delivery system. >> 80%? >> 80%. imagine wha...

Column, made a huge impact. the system is good at dealing with crisis but surprisingly bad at dealing with chronic problems. that's a very important point. what that suggests and i think you're right about it, that we're going to do not very much until some kind of crisis erupts. then you get the t.a.r.p. moments where over a weekend people part the ideology at the door and say inside the room exactly the opposite outside of the room and some kind of nasty and disagreeable but reasonably effective deal gets done. and the question is how much pain do we need to take? what you are praying for an...

>> fareed said something in a column a while ago, that said the american political system is surprisingly good at dealing with crises and surprisingly bad at dealing with chronic problems. what that suggests, and i think you're right about it. is that we're going to do not very much until some kind of crisis erupts. and then you get these tart moments where over a weekend, people park their ideology at the door. they say, inside the room, exactly the opposite of what they've been saying outside the room for the past 15 years and some kind of nasty and disagreeable, but ultimately reasonable ef...

The governor to deploy the national guard to help with this violence. could that be part of the solution here? >> i equate that to putting a band-aid on a hemorrhaging wound. yes, that might possibly solve this symptom, but it is a huge problem and really has to be attacked on multiple fronts. it's not just the national guard or more police, it's a multipronged approach. mrk you have to go after it in many way, through education and setting up violence prevention programs, a lot of other things, family structure and things for kids to do outside of being recruited into these gangs. it's a diff...