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Information, a lot of fat, salt, sugar and that's bad for you if you have a weight food problem. you need to cut down on that stuff. >> what should be the wisdom on salt? you mentioned that. >> salt didn't have calories. salt is something our brains are wired to love. whatever food you put it on you'll want a lot more of it. you can put it on vegetables and you'll want more. salt isn't part of the obesity problem. fat food restaurants put a lot of it on. >> how junk food can end obesity in the atlantic, it's a dense

Bulldog: hey where is everyone going? ♪ mattress discounters the food police. most of us don't like the idea of banning certain drinks, even if they contribute to the obesity problem in this country. what about people on food stamps? should taxpayers foot the bill for sugary soda if there's evidence it's unhealthy?

She's probably sitting next to someone in school who is. you're impacted by this whether you personally are or not. and i think we all pay the bill for the fact that we're willing to -- we're really being pennywise and pound foolish. we have a massive obesity problem in this country. we're not looking at food policies that support the -- healthy foods. make those ridiculously cheap that someone on snap can afford. >> many of your viewers can't grasp what $20 billion means. every soup kitchen in america provides about $5 billion worth of food. if the house cuts go through, it's as if every char...

Programs. we also had this interconnectedness of our safety net programs that's going to make this a double problem. feeding america that operates lots of food banks around the country sent out an alert saying, you have kids who get free and reduced lunch because their families are eligible for snap. >> eligibility is a marker threshold that's used across a variety of government programs. if you kick people out of it, they are kicking themselves out of the programs? >> i want to make an excellent case for this program. you or your child may not benefit from the program, but she's probably sitt...

She's probably sitting next to someone in school who is. you're impacted by this whether you personally are or not. and i think we all pay the bill for the fact that we're willing to -- we're really being pennywise and pound foolish. we have a massive obesity problem in this country. we're not looking at food policies that support the -- healthy foods. make those ridiculously cheap that someone on snap can afford. >> many of your viewers can't grasp what $20 billion means. every soup kitchen in america provides about $5 billion worth of food. if the house cuts go through, it's as if every char...