Quotes About Obesity

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.

Resveratrol had a decent benefit when the mice were obese and sedentary. The mice that were fed a lean diet and resveratrol lived significantly longer than other treated mice as well as those that had no healthy diet and no resveratrol. So resveratrol is not an excuse to be lazy or eat whatever you want.

I was morbidly obese. It was a way for me to create a shell around me so that nobody would look at me.

I have never really been obese.

I'm honest, at the end of the day - I'm obese, but I'm not obtuse.

Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.

Poor diet and sedentary behaviour have led to an increase in obesity and lifestyle-related disease and a huge rise in chronic medical conditions.

The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet.

We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.

When you talk about obesity, there's so many things that can cause that. It can be a medical thing, or down to the individual. There's a lot of other things involved than eating a Mars bar.

Let's face it, we really did need something like this in this country to fight childhood obesity.

Exercise is essential for good health. But we can't exercise our way out of the obesity epidemic.

More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.

I would love to speak with First Lady Michelle Obama about the addictive component of obesity.

Biology sets the context, and that is critical, but obesity still boils down to whether a person eats too much or exercises enough.

Obesity in children is growing out of control. A big part of this is economic. Fake foods are more affordable. It's enticing people to eat more because they think they're saving money when they're really just buying heart disease.

People love information. Right now in our society, we have an obesity epidemic. Because for the first time in history, we have access to food whenever we want, we don't know how to control ourselves. I think we have the exact same problem with information.

There are definitions of morbid obesity. Doctors define it.

The mechanical food system externalizes a lot of costs like obesity or Type 2 diabetes.

I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy - and I had to deal with that reality or die.

This country must break the cycle of childhood obesity. Unless we reverse course, this epidemic will continue to put more of our children and the future of our nation at risk.

I care a lot about big food and everyone's right to healthy, nutritious food and what's caused obesity in America and obesity in children in America.

I considered obesity a disease. It can destroy you from within. It almost destroyed me, and I do not want that to happen to anybody.