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You're going to be skinny? >> absolutely not. the surgery is not a quick fix the governor will have to learn to eat healthy. he will have to exercise. even for people that lose it without surgery, exercise is the key for weight maintenance. jenna: we've had this conversation with a few different do doctors on the show and one of the things that have been brought up with regards to lap band surgery it may be available for people that are not necessarily obese but maybe 50 pound overweight and can't just get down from that. because of the health issues associated with being overweight, some doct...
>> last question to new york, there are studies that have come out in the journal of american medicine that yes these programs work to get people to lose the weight but so many, if not the lion's share of the participants gain the weight back, so what then is the benefit for the individuals who participate in the companies who thought they were going to save money by reducing the health care cost? >> well the problem of weight loss and weight maintenance is a different problem and the type of financial incentive solution that works for weight loss is different for weight maintenance so in a we...
Away then the fried chicken comes back and high calorie food. >> i disagree. >> bill: all right. go ahead. >> dr. bonnie, i think that weight loss and weight maintenance are two completely different sets of behaviors and i think a reward system in general always makes better human behavior. the whole reason why you want to work, bill, is so you can get a paycheck, right. >> bill: i shouldn't pose that question because the obama administration's going to have, you know, start to give everybody money if they lose weight and giving everybody money anyway. but anyway, how long can we do that? we h...
Away then the fried chicken comes back and high calorie food. >> i disagree. >> bill: all right. go ahead. >> dr. bonnie, i think that weight loss and weight maintenance are two completely different sets of behaviors and i think a reward system in general always makes better human behavior. the whole reason why you want to work, bill, is so you can get a paycheck, right. >> bill: i shouldn't pose that question because the obama administration's going to have, you know, start to give everybody money if they lose weight and giving everybody money anyway. but anyway, how long can we do that? we h...