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It. talk about your comments. i want to show you what the first lady said on cnn's "larry king" how she said she takes issue with this and how she says it hits home. >> i come to this issue as a mother. you know, before coming to the white house, especially when my husband was on the campaign trail we were living the lives of average families. way too busy, rushing -- >> larry: fast food. >> fast food, you know, desserts too much, probably not monitoring tv. i was fortunate enough to have a pediatrician who worked in an urban environment in the african-american community and he was tracking bm...

About how the issue hits home. >> i come to this issue as a mother. you know before coming to the white house, especially when my husband was on the campaign trail, we were living the lives of average families, way too busy, rushing -- >> fast food. >> fast food, you know, desserts too much, probably not monitoring tv. i was fortunate enough to have a pediatrician who worked in an urban environment in the african-american community and he was tracking bmi. and he saw little uptick in the kids' bmi and he kind of pulled me aside. >> bmi means -- >> body mass index, which is a measure of sort of...

Made quite clear by the white house, is to have no so-called childhood obesity in america within a generation. the goal is the elimination of fat kids. how that is a program that is not focused on weight is just bizarre to me. give than there is absolutely no reason to believe that that goal to actually be achieved. >> let's going to viewer comments here. we have talked about this before. and i know people disagree with you and you know that. someone says if obesity is a myth, so is anorexia, bulimia and any other life threatening weight issue. that author needs to get a clue. what do you say ...

The first lady spoke with cnn's larry king about how the issue hit home. >> i come to this issue as a mother. you know, before coming to the white house, especially when my husband was on the campaign trail, we are living the lives of average families. way too busy rushing. >> fast food. >> desserts too much, probably not monitoring tv. i was fortunate enough to have a pediatrician who worked in an urban environment in the african-american community, and he was tracking bmi. and he saw a little uptick in the kids' bmi, and he kind of pulled me aside. >> bmi meaning? >> body mass index, which i...

Trail, we were living the lives of average families, way too busy, rushing. >> fast food. >> fast food, you know, desserts too much, probably not monitoring tv. i was fortunate enough to have a pediatrician who worked in an urban environment in the african-american community, and he was tracking bmi. and he saw a little uptick in the kids' bmi, and he kind of pulled me aside. >> bmi meaning? >> body mass index, which is, you know, a measure of sort of where people fall on the weight scale. it's one of the first indicators. >> and it was getting alarming? >> it was getting to the point where he...