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DESK FANS OR SPACE HEATERS? THE SCIENCE BETWEEN THE OFFICE TEMPERATURE WARS. AND WHY A CHANGE IN DIET HELPED A CHAMPION MARATHONER KEEP RUNNING FAST .>> Quijano: THE DEBATE OVER WORKPLACE TEMPERATURES IS HEATING UP AGAIN. THE ISSUE TAKES CENTER STAGE DURING THE GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE IN NEW YORK. SO WHAT DO WOMEN, MEN, AND SCIENCE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? HERE'S NIKKI BATTISTE .>> MY OPPONENT LIVES IN THE WORLD OF FICTION, I LIVE IN THE WORLD OF FACT .>> Reporter: THERE WAS A CHILL IN THIS DEBATE HALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT .>> YOU KEEP MOVING THE GOALPOSTS AND HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF RULES .>> Reporter: NOT FROM THE ICY EXCHANGES BETWEEN ACTRESS TURNED GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE CYNTHIA NIXON AND NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, BUT FROM THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE. CYNTHIA NIXON'S TEAM SAYS OFFICE TEMPERATURES ARE NOTORIOUSLY SEXIST. THEY REQUESTED THIS DEBATE HALL BE WARMED TO 76 DEGREES, BUT IT'S ONLY 69 IN HERE-- AND I HAVE GOT THE GOOSEBUMPS TO PROVE IT .>> WHY IS IT THAT TIME AGAIN, WOMEN HAVE TO BE THE ONES WHO ARE FREEZING COLD AT WORK ?>> Reporter: NIXON SENIOR ADVISOR REBECCA KATZ SAYS GOVERNOR CUOMO IS KNOWN FOR PREFERRING BRISK TEMPERATURES, AND NIXON'S OFFICE, UNSUCCESSFULLY, TRIED TO RAISE THE TEMP. NIXON'S REQUEST HEATED SOCIAL MEDIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH WOMEN AND MEN SHARING THEIR OFTEN POLAR OPPOSITE OFFICE TEMPERATURE PREFERENCES .>> I KEEP TWO JACKETS HERE .>> Reporter: AT THE HERALD PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM IN NEW YORK CITY, WE ALSO FOUND THAT OFFICE DIVIDED BY THE THERMOSTAT .>> YOU HAVE SUMMER ON ONE SIDE, AND WINTER ON THE OTHER SIDE .>> Reporter: WHILE SOME MEN USE DESK FANS AND SPORTED SHORT SLEEVES, WE FOUND SOME WOMEN BUNDLED UP AND USING SPACE HEATERS .>> WOMEN SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT CRAZY, IT'S NOT ALL IN THEIR HEAD .>> Reporter: CBS NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR, DR. TARA NARULA, SAYS THERE IS A SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WOMEN FEEL COLDER .>> IT HAS TO DO WITH THERMAL REGULATION AND METABOLIC RATES AND CLOTHING DIFFERENCES .>> Reporter: A 2015 STUDY FOUND THAT MOST OFFICE TEMPERATURES ARE SET USING A 1960S FORMULA THAT RELIES ON THE METABOLIC RATE OF AN AVERAGE MAN. DR. NARULA SAYS MEN TEND TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH A TEMPERATURE IN THE LOW 70S, AND WOMEN IN THE MID TO HIGH 70S .>> FINDING A POINT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE BOTH MEN AND WOMEN COULD BE HAPPY WOULD BE THE IDEAL SITUATION .>> Reporter: WE HAVE OUR OWN THERMOSTAT BATTLES HERE AT CBS NEWS, SO WE DECIDED TO SEE WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS HERE IN OUR STUDIO USING THIS TEMPERATURE GUN AND WE ARE GETTING A READING OF 72 DEGREES. NIKKI BATTISTE, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK .>> Quijano: STILL AHEAD, CHAMPION RUNNER SHALANE FLANAGAN SHARES HER DIET FOR ENDURANCE .>> Quijano: SHALANE FLANAGAN WON THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON LAST YEAR, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO ACHIEVE THAT FEAT IN DECADES. AND NOW SHE'S AN AUTHOR FOR THE SECOND TIME. SHE COWROTE THE COOKBOOK " RUN FAST, COOK FAST, EAT SLOW ." NORAH O'DONNELL RAN SOME QUESTIONS BY HER .>> LOOK AT THE EMOTION OF SHALANE FLANAGAN .>> Reporter: WHEN SHALANE FLANAGAN WON THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON LAST NOVEMBER, SHE PUNCTUATED THE MOMENT WITH THE GRIT AND SWAGGER BEFITTING OF THE STREETS SHE'D JUST CONQUERED .>> YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME, THIS IS MY MOMENT .>> Reporter: A HISTORY- MAKING MOMENT, AS FLANAGAN, AT THE AGE OF 36, BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN 40 YEARS TO BREAK THE TAPE IN NEW YORK. THIS SUMMER, SHE ANNOUNCED SHE IS COMING BACK FOR MORE. YOU'RE BACK IN NEW YORK !>> EVERY TIME I COME HERE, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS MAGICAL SENSE, IT INCITES THIS EXCITEMENT IN ME, AND THIS PASSION FOR RUNNING, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I HAD TO COME BACK .>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU ARE BORN AN ELITE RUNNER ?>> I ALWAYS SAY YOU MAKE YOURSELF A MARATHONER OR A RUNNER. YOU PUT IN THE WORK AND YOU ARE REWARDED .>> Reporter: THOSE REWARDS ARE HARD- EARNED AND THEY REQUIRE A CONCENTRATION ON DIET .>> WE GREW UP IN A CULTURE, AT LEAST IN COLLEGE-- BACK AT CAROLINA, YOU KNOW, THAT FAT WOULD MAKE YOU FAT. SO, WE WERE EATING EVERYTHING LOW FAT. AND LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT WE WERE JUST EATING MORE SUGAR AND PROCESSED FOODS .>> Reporter: WITH THE HELP OF HER BEST FRIEND, NUTRITIONIST, AND CHEF, ELYSE KOPECKY, SHE REPLACED PROCESSED FOODS WITH HEALTHY FATS .>> THE THAI QUINOA SALAD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, WHICH IS GREAT, BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE A HUGE BATCH AND I CAN HAVE IT FOR MULTIPLE MEALS, EITHER LUNCH OR DINNER .>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THE WAY YOU CHANGED YOUR DIET HAS PROLONGED YOUR CAREER ?>> I GENUINELY BELIEVE THE WAY ELYSE HAS TAUGHT ME TO INCORPORATE HEALTHY FATS AND JUST A WHOLESOME DIET HAS REALLY EXTENDED MY CAREER. I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE SITTING HERE TALKING TO YOU AND RUNNING AT A HIGH LEVEL IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT I CHANGED MY DIET .>> 1, 2, 3 ...>> Reporter: FLANAGAN SAYS SHE HOPES HER COOKBOOK CAN HELP FELLOW RUNNERS, BECAUSE WHILE MARATHON TRAINING IS A SOLITARY SPORT ...>> I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU RUNNING AGAIN .>> Reporter: ... SHE SAYS IT IS HELPING OTHER ATHLETES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, THAT IS MOST REWARDING. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL, TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN, WHO ADMIRE YOU, WANT TO BE LIKE YOU? I MEAN, YOU ARE GROWING THE SPORT .>> Reporter: THAT IS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT, AND THANKFULLY THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION I THINK I'VE MADE, YOU KNOW, WINNING IS GREAT BUT I THINK HAVING A POSITIVE AFFECT AROUND YOU, THE CIRCLE AND HOW YOU AFFECT PEOPLE, IT'S GREAT TO BE A GREAT RUNNER, BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO BE A GOOD PERSON, BECAUSE IF I ELEVATE THEM, IT'S GOING TO ELEVATE ME .>> Quijano: THAT WAS " CBS THIS MORNING" COHOST NORAH O'DONNELL. UP NEXT, WHY THEY LET THEIR HOUSE GO TO THE DOGS .>> Quijano: OUR FINAL STORY TONIGHT MAY GIVE YOU PAUSE. IT'S ABOUT AN UNUSUAL HOME IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT'S RESCUED MORE THAN 10, 000 DOGS. HERE'S TONY DOKOUPIL ONCE AGAIN WITH THE TALE .>> Reporter: RON DANTA AND DANNY ROBERT SHAW'S HOME ISN'T REALLY FOR PEOPLE. YOU LIVE IN A DOGHOUSE ?>> YES. WE ARE THE GUESTS. WE HAVE A KING SIZED BED THAT WE SHARE WITH ABOUT 15- 18 DOGS A NIGHT .>> Reporter: ACTUALLY, THERE ARE 86 DOGS HERE RIGHT NOW. WHAT'S THIS DOG'S NAME ?>> HUMPHREY .>> Reporter: THIS ONE ?>> MONA .>> Reporter: THIS ONE ?>> THIS IS ISABELLE .>> Reporter: AND THAT MEANS 86 DIFFERENT ANIMALS IN NEED OF DAILY CARE .>> USUALLY WE WAKE UP .>> 5: 30 .>> YEAH, 5: 30ISH .>> SOMEBODY WILL START SINGING, ONE OF THE DOGS SLEEPING IN THE KITCHEN LIKES TO SING IN THE MORNING .>> Reporter: I THINK SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CALL IT HOWLING .>> (\ LAUGHS \) NO .>> Reporter: DANNY AND RON'S DOGHOUSE IS ACTUALLY AN UNUSUAL DOG RESCUE. LAUNCHED IN 2005, WHEN THEY DECIDED TO TAKE IN SOME DOGS MADE HOMELESS BY HURRICANE KATRINA. HOW LONG WERE YOU PLANNING TO BE INVOLVED ?>> Reporter: A COUPLE OF WEEKS .>> YEAH .>> Reporter: BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS ANOTHER DOG IN NEED OF RESCUE. AND THEY DECIDED THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE ANY DOG FOR A NEW FAMILY, WAS TO WELCOME IT IN TO THEIR OWN .>> BY LIVING IN OUR HOUSE, NUMBER ONE, THEY GET A LOT OF HUMAN CONTACT. NUMBER TWO, THEY GET PACK CONTACT FROM THE OTHER DOGS .>> Reporter: SINCE 2005, DANNY AND RON HAVE TAKEN IN AND ADOPTED OUT MORE THAN 11, 000 ANIMALS. IT SOUNDS EXPENSIVE .>> IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE .>> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY THEY ALSO RECENTLY WELCOMED IN SOME FILMMAKERS. MONEY FROM " LIFE IN THE DOGHOUSE: THE DOCUMENTARY" WILL GO TO SHELTERS, INCLUDING THEIR OWN. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GET AS MUCH FROM THESE DOGS AS THEY GET FROM YOU ?>> WE GET A LOT MORE FROM THEM, THEN I THINK WE GIVE THEM .>> Reporter: TURNS OUT, NOT EVERYTHING IN THE DOGHOUSE IS FOR THE DOGS. TONY DOKOUPIL, CBS NEWS, REMBERT, SOUTH CAROLINA .>> Quijano: AND THAT'S THE " CBS WEEKEND NEWS" FOR THIS SUNDAY. LATER ON CBS, " 60 MINUTES ." FOR MORE NEWS ANY TIME, GO TO CBSN AT CBSNEWS. COM. I'M ELAINE QUIJANO IN NEW YORK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD NIGHT.
