If you are trying to do something about your weight and get consistent feedback about whether your efforts are working, that's useful to know.

We talk to people about monitoring calories daily, about monitoring their exercise daily. ... If we're asking them to do those ... on a daily basis, then why not add this other recommendation?

When I first got an agent, they gave me some advice--lose weight.

I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!

When there are guys who are smaller trying to carry that much weight, there's a health issue going on.

Teenagers are trying to keep their weight down or they don't like the taste of milk. They often stop eating breakfast, so even in families where they like yogurt with fresh fruit and granola as kids, when they get older they're exposed to a whole new level of tastes and they change.