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Required calories to be posted in chain restaurants in 2010 isno now taking aim at salt. the proposed warning would applyto r to restaurants with more than 15 locations nationwide. it would show a salt shaker nexten to any menu item with more than u.s. daily recommended limit of 2,300 milligrams of sodium. that's about a teaspoon of salt, with a message stating, high sodium intake can lead to risk of heart disease and stroke. the health department estimates d about 10% of dishes would warrant a salt shaker like burger king's ultimate breakfast platter with 3,020 milligrams of sodium. quiznos' ...

Know, you lay it out very succinctly what sugars and and where they're hidden. why don't you go into that right now. what is sugar? >> well, here's the deal. there's so much out there now about watch the sugar, no more than five added teaspoons. but that's actually not the issue. it's not about no sugar. it's about lowering your sugar impact. and sugar is sneaking into some of the craziest places. we think we're doing everything right. we're eating low fat, eating whole grains. but a piece of wheat bread can raise your blood sugar more than table sugar. it's really understanding which foods cr...

>> as a public health advocate and somebody who looks at policy, what do you think of the bloomberg soda ban which deblasio is trying to bring back? >> i talked to michael bloomberg the other night. he tried an initiative to get a test to see what would happen if we restricted the access of sodas using food stamps. he couldn't get the usda to approve a pilot study to restrict access of soda with food stamps just to see what would happen. that's craziness. usda spends $4 billion in food stamps paying for soda. that's ten billion servings a year to the poor which they pay on the front end and on...

Paying for medicaid for diabetes and obesity related complications. >> if you don't care about your own gut, you can't help but look at these kids. you have some beautiful children in this film and you make the case they were type ii diabetes which is early adult-onset diabetes. in 1980, zero cases. in 2010, almost 60,000. >> i know. i think the statistics in the film are staggering. when you think about it, if we stay on this current trajectory in, two decades all americans, 95% rather of americans will be overweight or obese. by 2050, one in three will have diabetes. i think this is the sadd...

In 2010, almost 60,000. >> i know. i think the statistics in the film are staggering. when you think about it, if we stay on had current trajectory in, two decades all americans, 95% rather of americans will be overweight or obese. by 2050, one in three will have diabetes. i think this is the saddest fact of all. this current generation of children is the first expected to have shorter life spans than their parents. now, if that isn't an outrageous legacy we're leaving to our children, i don't know what is. and if that doesn't make people at least pay more attention to this issue and get mad a...