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at calories, grams of fat? what is really the most important thing to look at? great question. it is calorie. forget about the fat issue. that got overblown, in the 1990s, and, everything went no fat and that is attributable to part of the obesity problem. we thought we could eat what we wants if there is no fat and we need two things, calories per serving and almost, even more importantly, servings per container, most people are shocked, their pint of ice cream is 4 servings and if one is 200 calories, eat the whole thing which is what most people do, that is 800 calories and way more than you should be eating. rick: if we are taking in more calories than we re burning we ll gain weight. we ll store it. more calories is called body fat. rick: and, you know, overall, though, really, how hopeful are you, you know, as we deal with the obesity issue, that is hitting us all over the country. how hopeful are you people can get a handled on this?
the route causes of the cost. i think mayor bloomberg addresses part of that when they look at how junk foods and soda is sold in schools. things don t just happen. there is a the obesity issue is one directly linked to the fact that in poor neighborhoods in this country you don t have adequate super markets and healthy foods. and we are getting off topic. what is on topic is we need health care. i think the budget office has blown a huge hole in the obama plan, because he is saying in the second decade, going out projected $800 billion, and spending will exceed revenues.