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What about dodge ball? if you're doing any of those things, more than two of those things, if you're in new york state, guess what? cough up $200 and, perhaps, you better put some money aside for medical staff. >> exactly right. here's what's happening. new york state lawmakers passed this law last year and so now what they're going to have to do according to the health department, they had to figure out which of these activities that kids play at camps are unsafe. that's why they came up with dodge ball, capture the flag, red rover, exactly right. so to get out of essentially they got to pay ...

Disease, up 9% since 2008. the increase is linked to america's growing obesity problem and more people are simply living longer with the disease. and now to a possible link between breast implants and a rare type of cancer. the fda has even put out a new warning about it. >> our dr. timothy johnson has details. >> reporter: between 5 and 10 million women worldwide have breast implants. and the u.s. food and drug administration announced news that there may be a possible connection between these implants and a very rare form of cancer. so-called anaplastic large cell lymphoma. >> we don't wan...

That we know are important for our children. >> go for it. >> so the tiger mom gets the grief. look, we are pushing our kids younger than ever before. is this the right thing to do? >> we have been pushing kids too long. it's not just with the gyms but with testing, with getting them academic work too, too early. i would say here, when they talk about what is the dividing line here, if your child does not want to do this after a week or so, the child is just not ready for it. you let them go. don't force them to do it. >> i was a youth lacrosse and soccer coach. i know about this. everything i...

Action with an accweather forecast you can count on -- acrimonious relationship. >>guest: it is not odd but something the country has to move toward, better nutrition and that, in dole, we do a lot of nutrition education and we have a lot of laboratories trying to study nutrition and we believe that the health care problem in america could be resolved or certainly tens of billions of costs could be reduced if people eat better. we believe you are what you eat and the obesity problem, 35 percent of americans are obese are causing the health care costs. >>neil: so this is an effort to push, the ...

Talk everything from chinese currency, manipulation to north korea. here's some food for thought. a new study shows those mandatory nutritional facts listed on restaurant menus have no effect on people's eating habits. the study set to be published in next month's issue of the american journal for preventive medicine shows americans are racking up the same number of calories they did before the labelling went into effect. for all that spending and legislation, it could have been a waste. the whole idea was to curb the nation's obesity problem. i'm one of the ones that it does affect. in new yo...