“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.” IndividualCausesInvolvedEatingMedicalBarsMarsObesity Author:Peter Shilton
“Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets.” YearsSchoolFourSweetEatingMedicalBreadFour YearsPotatoesJunkJunk FoodDoughnutMedical SchoolInternshipsResidency Author:Robert Atkins
“It seems that some consideration should be given to the cause of our mounting physical disabilities, but instead of going to the root of our troubles - wrong habits of eating and drinking - we rush to the medicine shelf and smother our uncomfortable and distressing symptoms under an avalanche of pills, potions and palliatives.” ShouldSeemsGivenCausesTroubleHabitEatingRootsMedicineDrinkingMedicalUncomfortableConsiderationDisabilityShelvesSymptomsPillsDistressingAvalanchesEating And Drinking Author:Lester Roloff
“It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger.” WellsMayDoneHelpingFoundSupportStrangeDiseaseEatingSickStrongerMedicalEndlessHardestTraditionalCuresTherapyHelpfulLeapDisorderFamily And FriendsHardest ThingPillsMisconceptionEating Disorder Author:Marya Hornbacher