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Going to have a conversation about hunger in america. hunger that is about to deepen for tens of millions of americans, because the federal budget for nutritional assistance has been slashed. but before we do, i want to talk about hunger of a different kind. the hunger that some young women impose on themselves because they suffer with disordered eating. this week, i received a letter from a woman in a small town. she is terribly worried because her 14-year-old granddaughter is suffering with self-imposed starvation. she barely eats 600 calories a day and has developed low blood pressure and h...

The university of florida. adam, drunkorexia, define it for me. >> well, drunkorexia, it's really a non-medical term. you're not going to find health practitioners and medical practitioners using it as a diagnostic criteria. that said, what it is is weight-conscious drinkers, people engaging in physical activity or skipping meals in order to compensate the calories associated with their drinking. at its core, you have three behaviors, drinking, physical activity, exercise -- excuse me, disordered eating. >> you're quoted in the piece in the atlantic, let me read a quote, in fact, those who exe...

Made quite clear by the white house, is to have no so-called childhood obesity in america within a generation. the goal is the elimination of fat kids. how that is a program that is not focused on weight is just bizarre to me. give than there is absolutely no reason to believe that that goal to actually be achieved. >> let's going to viewer comments here. we have talked about this before. and i know people disagree with you and you know that. someone says if obesity is a myth, so is anorexia, bulimia and any other life threatening weight issue. that author needs to get a clue. what do you say ...

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