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this is cnn saturday morning. i'm gary tuchman. we sit down and chart this morning with politics. the new hampshire primary is three days away. as we saw in iowa, every single vote literally counts. mitt romney, ron paul and jon huntsman have been out to meet voters this morning. here is jon huntsman talking about his hopes for new hampshire. >> all the others have gone up and down. you know, i'm getting a stiff neck just watching all of my friends just go up and down. perry, cain, back mapp, thhmaba come in, go up to 22 and down to 2. i don't want that to happen to me. i want a grad...

That that is not developing properly. it is eating to satisfy your stress. anyone that watches these shows like the biggest loser knows that is part of this emotional eating. so that is part of it. julie: is there any way to reverse it? let's say someone is at home watching and thinking maybe i didn't give my child enough emotional security and i suppose, my child is out of his or her toddler years. can you make up for all that lost time? >> right. and julie, that is part of it. i understand. if you think about it there have been bad parenting forever. julie: no parent is perfect. >> right. ex...

In health care costs and led to 2,000 overweight workers dropping 24 tons. officials say higher costs to those who opt out are justified. >> their nonparticipation creates a higher deductible. they are choosing to accept a higher deductible by not participating in our program. >> as you showed at the top, this will not be a problem solved overnight. the cost of health care in this country $2 trillion and going up primarily because of the obesity problem, shep. >> shepard: dan springer in seattle. i think i called you diane. >> yes, you did. >> shepard: you are no diane. sorry, pal. journalists...

Physicians ask, they advise but then they don't follow up by assessing or are assisting or arranging the things you need to actually lose weight because we he don't have the time and because we don't have the training. >> and my question would be is this just basically putting a band aid on the obesity problem so that people know once they reach what is it, 65 that they will get coverage or help with the obesity problem? >> heather, that is a great point. i think it is more than a band aid because they literally will pay for me to sit with an obese person every single week for a month and ever...

>> exactly, you photoshopping, all that sort of stuff. unreal expectations. you have this thing where, you know, nowadays with like this miley cyrus and demi lovato, these beautiful young girls who are a normal weight and somehow they're shamed for not being a size 0 and i think that's just such a mixed horrible message i think that's sent out to young girls. >> it is and then on the flip side, we have this obesity problem. >> we do. >> in society and there was a story yesterday about this third grade boy in ohio who is 200 pounds and he was taken away now. the first of his kind. taken away fr...