“With climate change and health crises rightfully receiving international attention, the time has come to focus on hunger as a top priority. WHO regards hunger and malnutrition as the gravest threat to public health, and climate change threatens to further destabilise already fragile food-production systems.” AttentionFocusRegardCrisisThreatClimateClimate ChangeInternationalHungerProductionsPrioritiesFragileReceivingPublic HealthMalnutritionTop PrioritiesFood Production Author:Josette Sheeran
“The longer I've looked at these questions, of the American diet and the public health crisis that we face because of that diet, the more I've come to the conclusion that the collapse of cooking is a big part of the problem.” ProblemBigsFacesCrisisCookingConclusionDietsCollapsePublic HealthAmerican Diet Author:Michael Pollan
“The best way to alleviate the obesity "public health" crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health. It doesn't belong there. It's difficult to think of anything more private and of less public concern than what we choose to put into our bodies. It only becomes a public matter when we force the public to pay for the consequences of those choices.” ThinkingWayMatterBodyChoicesForceDifficultPayConsequenceConcernCrisisBest WayRealmsRemoveObesityPublic HealthAlleviate Author:Radley Balko
“It's critically important that people trust you during a public health crisis.” PeopleImportantCrisisPublic Health Author:Richard E. Besser
“The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest of minimum resources to address any of the public health crises that Africa faces.” FacesPovertyHealthResourcesEssenceCrisisExtremesAddressesMinimumInabilityPublic HealthEnding PovertyExtreme Poverty Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority.” LightNationsShadowConsequenceCrisisDrinkingPrioritiesSpeakersPublic HealthComplacentBright LightsUnderage Drinking Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“The main lesson to be learned from the Love Canal crisis is that in order to protect public health from chemical contamination, there needs to be a massive outcry--a choir of voices--by the American people demanding change.” PeopleNeedsOrderVoiceHealthLessonsProtectCrisisMassiveChemicalsPublic HealthChoirCanalsContaminationLessons To Be Learned Author:Lois Gibbs