gretchen: i got to wrap tup. it s an amazing new book. thanks so much. thanks for having me. gretchen: ever totally bombed a job interview? we ll tell you how not to do that next hour. fox & friends returns two minutes away not all food choice. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ho ho ho green giant for over 30 years. and it s now the most doctor recommended, the most preferred and the most studied. so when it comes to getting the most out of your multivitamin, the choice is clear. centrum.
this morning on world news now baseball bombshell. the performance enhancing drug scandal and why investigators are zeroing in on some of the most highly paid stars on the field. sexting scandal, anthony weiner whose congressional career is under fire again his latest explanation with his wife at his side. anthony made some horrible mistakes both before he resigned from congress and after. new demand that weiner step out of the new york mayoral race. then eating insects. would it bug you if you were served a taco made of crickets. they re really, really delicious. little tacos you get like 14 ounces of steak. who is pushing insects as a healthier, smarter food choice? a sample on what is on the menu
when it comes to sodium, we simply eat too much. on average about four grams per day as an adult. we really need about half that, about two grams per day. there was a study that came out that said if you get down to two grams per day, we could potentially save about 150,000 lives a year simply from that one thing. frozen foods, they re going to have a lot of sodium in there for lots of different reasons, but mainly because sodium is a good preservative. that s why it s in there. also canned foods. a lot of parents, again like me, will go to canned foods, the problem is you get about 950 grams, almost a gram of sodium just from something like this. far too much for an adult. and far too much for most kids as well. cereals also obviously an important food choice for many homes. make sure to read those labels again. one thing about reading labels as well, when you re reading labels, try and find foods or foods like this that have less
your calories? maybe your think you should avoid fast-food restaurants? don t worry about it. it doesn t have to be the case as more and more fast-food chabs are now offering healthier choices chains are now offering healthier choices including mcdonald s, here s the company s nutritionist. we have committed to reducing sodium by 15% across our national menu of food choice buys 2015. as well, we re also taking steps by 2020 to reduce the number of calories, saturated fats and added sugars. jamie: is it the place to take you or your children? dr. siegel? what do you think. i interviewed chef dan, at the olympics where all the mcdonald s restaurants were and they are making the point they are introducing heather choices to the menu and they aren t the only one, burger king is, too, burger king has a veggie burger an mcdonald s, more salads an oatmeal in the morning and, you
countrying ca i counting calories, we already know 36% of all americans are already obese and 12.5 million children are obese. those numbers have tripled since 1980. some numbers changed overnight back in 1998. that s when the government, not our diets, decided who is overweight by adopting the body mass index, bmi. in june 1998, 25 million americans went to sleep perfectly healthy and with the stroke of a pen, instantly became fat overnight. so while we re all paying attention as we should to the figures on the scale there, are some other numbers we should also be watching. because of the ten states with the highest obesity rates, six of them are also topping the list of states with the most poverty. which makes all the difference when it comes to food choice, because $380 is the maximum additional cost an average