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A mess is not allowed ♪ welcome back, everybody. the nation's obesity problem is well documented and let's face it, we are a country that is way overweight. >> oh, yes. >> so what if you could do some stuff around your house to get yourself in better shape? >> well, lucy yang of wabc has tips to help you get trim without leaving home. >> reporter: music at meal time may add to the atmosphere but it can also add to your waistline. ever wonder why some restaurants play faster tunes than others. research shows when you listen to quick-paced music you actually eat faster and more. slow music m...

Getting bigger. up 61 percent since 2007 and more than half of that surge in the past couple of years. john stossel says it is a trend. >> it is suggesting we are teaching people to be dependent. poor people in america have obesity problem and yet we give more people food stamps. we want to be kind and you do not want people to go hungry but i got an mail today from a high school senior, i'm a big fan of fox and i want to tell you i work in a supermarket and people come in with their food stamp cards and they go out to the mercedes and bmw's and people scam the system. that's obvious. >> but 4...

Percentage of these sales that are foreclosures? >> at this point those numbers aren't necessarily factoring into the pend home sales numbers. we do know on closings, foreclosures are making up 28% of all existing home sales. and it is a lot higher in some states when you look at california and florida, up in the 50% range. that's what the market is right now. you got investors in there. one third of the market is all cash. there you have that credit problem, a lot of folks cannot get the mortgage what are you left with? you're left with all cash investors, left with a couple of first time hom...

Standard $2,000 per kiddie ducks. he has not introduced the bill, but the state's obesity problem, quote, it is the parents' responsibility that have obese kids. take the tax deduction away from parents that have obese kids. terry, why is everybody picking on like chubby kids? it seems like they are the targets for everything. who will stand up for them? i am. >> you and i will. you know, i like chubby kids. that sounded really weird. i meant -- > we hillary move that. >> i was going to say let's move on. i know what i was going to say. why is this a government thing? i thought it was a republ...

The public responsibility, the public, quote/unquote, gets to tell you, whether he should go to a spin class or cut out the bagels or sushi or whatever. when you make individual health the public responsibility, all of a sudden the public gets to get involved with how you live your life. frightening development. as wayne pointed out, another step down the road to serfdom. >> cheryl: any more ideas you like? take your shot at this point. >> look, i think we should subsidize treadmills and subsidize walks in the park. this is absolutely insane. we do have an obesity problem. but this is a massiv...