“With the chronic obesity in America, it's more important than ever to not only feed kids healthy foods but to teach them how to make healthy choices on their own.” ImportantKidsAmericaChoicesTeachHealthyObesityHealthy FoodHealthy Choices Author:Jennie Garth
“I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.” ThinkingWayBelieveHas BeensHealthyMembersFatsLiberationObesityCharmed Author:Maeve Binchy
“We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.” PeopleWayTryingFunIssuesHealthyBenefitsConsequenceNegativeExcuseWarningHealthy LivingObesityBeing PositiveObeseTacklingNegative Consequences Author:Andrew Lansley
“When you have a family as big as mine, there are many things that affect my family members, in many different ways. It could be high blood pressure, it could be cholesterol, it could be obesity, it could be sleep deprivation or sleep apnea. An illness is an illness, especially if it affects younger kids. Illnesses affect your family and they impact you because you want to do the best you can to help your family member become more healthy, just as my family members want me to be healthy.” IfsWayWantDifferentHelpingBigsKidsSleepBloodMinesHealthyMembersMy FamilyPressureImpactIllnessOur FamilyDifferent WaysWant MeDo The BestObesityFamily MembersDeprivationBlood PressureCholesterolHigh Blood PressureSleep Deprivation Author:Queen Latifah
“I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.” WantMeanChildrenCountryCareExampleHealthyBreathingObesityPostersEpidemicsTake Care Of Yourself Author:Bernard Hopkins
“Epidemic obesity is an enormous problem. It's a pendulum that's swung too far. We have to swing it back. So it should come as no surprise that solution must be built from the ground up on the banks of this flooding river and it must be raised to a height higher than flood waters. Now what does that look like? It looks like policies and programs that cultivate healthy levels of physical activity, healthy dietary patterns in homes, in schools, in supermarkets, in neighborhoods, in clinics, in churches, in workplaces, throughout our society, every place we can reach people.” PeopleProblemHomeSchoolWaterChurchPolicyHealthySolutionsProgramSurpriseNeighborhoodFloodWorkplaceObesityHealthy Diet Author:David Katz
“We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies.” ShouldMindBodyAbleValuesDifficultPayAttentionGreaterHealthyHealSaltMind And BodyDefenceObesityImbalanceAllergies Author:David Suzuki
“I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.” HealthyFlagsCrapObesityDowners Author:Jo Brand
“Very simply, we subsidize high-fructose corn syrup in this country, but not carrots. While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the president is signing farm bills designed to keep the river of cheap corn flowing, guaranteeing that the cheapest calories in the supermarket will continue to be the unhealthiest.” InspirationalCountryMotivationalPresidentFoodHealthHealthyRiversBillsFarmsCornAlarmsSurgeonsObesityEpidemicsSigningCaloriesSupermarketsCarrotsHealthy EatingHealthy DietSyrupCorn Syrup Book:The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World