According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 35% of Americans are obese. That's 78.6 million people.



We talked to Gary Taubes, an expert on obesity who wrote the best-selling book "Why We Get Fat." He says the idea that exercising and physical activity can cure obesity is incorrect.



Produced by Graham Flanagan. Camera by Justin Gmoser.

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