the cdc estimates more than half a trillion dollars in additional health care costs. we get the problem, but what are the solutions? david kirkoff is a ceo of weight watchers and author of the new book weight loss boss and lisa young is author of the book. welcome to both of you. lisa, only 4% of our elementary schools require daily physical education, a lack of sidewalks discourages walking. huge parts of the population don t have access to nutritious food. when we attempt to legislate solutions, americans say don t tell me what to eat, don t tell my kid what to eat. is this a nanny state? we have to go somewhere between those two extremes, don t we? absolutely, i completely agree with you. i think that the most important thing we need to address, which was released at the cdc conference this week from the institute of medicine report is we need an environment that supports healthy foods and beverages. does that environment today do that? no. so it s about consumer c
for his miami mansion because the piano man is moving out. wait for it. wait for it. now, everybody moving out he s moving out i m moving out ok. maybe you listen to that song when you re working out. trying to or moving out. trying to lose weight. well, weight loss and staying thin is a struggle for many americans but you would never think that would be the case for the c.e.o. of weight watchers. right? well, for the last 25 years, david kirkoff has been battling the ability to diet, lose weight and then keep it off. now, david is chronicling his fight in the new book the weight loss boss. joining us right now, the c.e.o. of weight watchers international, david kirkoff. thank you for sharing my before picture. was it that bad? it was awesome. we look at you now, it s fantastic. that s motivation, isn t it? auto ats. don t want to go back. how does the guy who runs weight watchers end up being overweight? he was overweight before he