idea what they should be doing in terms of their diet that will definitely make an impact to their health. look at your favorite, cheese. we re now eating on average 33 pounds of cheese every year. and we got to that point because the processed food industry teamed up, believe it or not, with the government to turn cheese into an additive. something that s added to food to increase the allure. in some ways cheese is even more powerful than sugar because the brain gets deceived. if you can t see the fat that s on your food, the natural breaks that you have to sort of curb over eating get taken off. that s nothing inherently wrong with salt, sugar, fat. it s the amounts and the allure of these products. and it s the mindlessness that we ve sort of taken to eating that can play right into the hands of the industry. joe, i ve talked to interview chris christie several times about it. he s very honest about his weight problems. he s a brilliant politician but he has this big frame and h
and it s the mindlessness that we ve sort of taken to eating that can play right into the hands of the industry. joe, i ve talked to interview chris christie several times about it. he s very honest about his weight problems. he s a brilliant politician but he has this big frame and has struggled very had over the years to do something about it. he eventually had this gastric lap band thing which appears to be having some effect for him. you have seen those and treated people with those. when it gets to that stage people are pretty desperate aren t they to do something? our whole country is desperate. it s important to understand this. there is a body mass index. a line in the sand that once you cross it you can t go back and stay back on your own. typically that s been thought to be a body mass index of 40. those are the people i operate on. those are the people that get lap bands. listen to this. just about two years ago the fda approved lap band surgery for people with a bmi of