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“It is my theory you can't get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.”

Funny Moving Can Do Theory Fats Furniture Obesity

Author:Erma Bombeck

“I don't weigh a pound over one hundred and eighty and, what's more, I never did.”

Funny Hundred Pounds Eighty Obesity

Author:Roscoe Arbuckle

“How easy for those who do not bulge to not overindulge!”

Funny Easy Obesity

Book:Many long years ago

Source: Many long years ago

“I have always wanted a mistress who was fat, and I have never found one. To make a fool of me, they are always pregnant.”

Wanted Funny Found Fool Fats Pregnant Mistress Obesity

Book:The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin

Source: The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin

“By today's beauty standards, of course, Marilyn Monroe was an oil tanker.”

Today Funny Courses Beauty Standards Oil Obesity

Book:Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down

Source: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down

“Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick.”

Facts Three Childhood Planets Eating Resources Sick Environmental Consuming Obesity Childhood Obesity

Author:David Miliband

“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.”

Children Enough Nations Parent Growth Concerned Our Children Obesity

Author:Lee Haney

“If my wife made childhood obesity her mission and I signed a law making 1/8 cup of tomato paste a vegetable, I'd be sleeping on the sofa.”

Ifs Made Law Sleep Wife Childhood Missions My Wife Cups Vegetables Obesity Tomatoes Sofas Childhood Obesity Law Making

Author:Alton Brown

“Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes.”

Children Has Beens Problem Birth Lows Consequence Weight Hunger Educational Outcomes Defects Linked Obesity Malnutrition Physical Health Health Problems Birth Defects

Author:Marian Wright Edelman

“... I feel the American public would be in a better position to exercise freedom of dietary choice if it were stated in bold print on the Goals and Food Selection pages that the value of dietary change remains controversial and that science cannot at this time insure that an altered diet will provide improved protection from certain killer diseases such as heart disease and cancer.”

Ifs Feels Heart Would Be Certain Values Choices Goal Position Exercise Disease Pages Remains Cancer Protection Diets Print Killers Selection Controversial Altered Obesity Heart Disease

Author:Charles H. Percy

“When the average child is now spending nearly eight hours a day in front of some kind of screen, many of their opinions and preferences are being shaped by the marketing campaigns you all create. And that’s where the problem comes in.. ... And I’m here today with one simple request - and that is to do even more and move even faster to market responsibly to our kids.”

Kind Children Problem Kids Today Moving Hours Simple Opinion Fronts Marketing Average Eight Spending Screens Campaigns Faster Preference Request Obesity Child Obesity Marketing Campaigns

Author:Michelle Obama

“Since we started the Let's Move! initiative, I've been looking for as many ways as possible to help families and kids lead healthier lives. And I've come to realize that if we were going to take just one step to make ourselves and our families healthier, probably the single best thing we could do is to simply drink more water. It's as simple as that. Drink more water.”

Ifs Way Children Helping Kids Moving Water Realizing Simple Steps Drink Best Things Our Family Just One Initiative Obesity Child Obesity Healthier Life

Author:Michelle Obama

“Some kids have never seen what a real tomato looks like off the vine. They don't know where a cucumber comes from. And that really affects the way they view food. So a garden helps them really get their hands dirty, literally, and understand the whole process of where their food comes from. And I wanted them to see just how challenging and rewarding it is to grow your own food, so that they would better understand what our farmers are doing every single day across this country and have an appreciation for ... that American tradition of growing our own food and feeding ourselves.”

“Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector to take ownership of this issue.”

Children Together America Turns Leader Issues Childhood Tides Ownership Obesity Inspiring Leader Slowly But Surely Child Obesity Childhood Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“I didn't just start with ...local city officials because I knew that they would understand the problem. I started with them because I knew that our cities, towns and counties would be a key part of the solution to this issue. ...there is no one-size-fits all policy or program that can solve this problem. And Washington certainly does not have all the answers. Instead, many of the best, most innovative, most effective solutions start in our city halls and our towns and our county councils.”

“With this new initiative, Disney is doing what no major media company has ever done before in the United States. And what I hope every company will do going forward when it comes to the ads they show and the food they sell they're asking themselves one simple question: Is this good for our kids?”

Children States Done Shows Kids Simple United Company United States Media Majors Asking Sells Ads Initiative Obesity Child Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“One of the things I want ... all the kids here to remember, is that these [Major League Soccer] stars were not born superstar athletes ... Many of them started out just like many of you-playing on a team at school, or just kicking a ball around on the playground with their friends. But they stuck with it. And I tell this to my girls all the time. I mean, you get to the point when ... things you enjoy ... start getting hard-that's when you know you're getting good, and you have to stick through it.”

“This year, 1.7 million young people will be participating in Olympic and Paralympic sports in their communities-many of them for the very first time. And that is so important, because sometimes all it takes is that first lesson, or clinic, or class to get a child excited about a new sport. This summer, together with our children, we can support Team USA not just by cheering them on, but by striving to live up to the example they set.”

“While budgets are tight right now, there are schools across the country that are showing that it doesn't take a whole lot of money or resources to give our kids the nutrition they deserve. What it does take, however, is effort. What it does take is imagination. What it does take is a commitment to our children's futures.”

Giving Children Doe Country Whole Kids School Imagination Effort Right Now Deserve Commitment Resources Our Children Budgets Nutrition Lots Of Money Obesity Child Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“We all grew up in communities with grandmothers who cooked two, three vegetables that you had to eat. There was no ifs, ands or buts about it. But that's because many of our grandparents, they had community gardens; there was the vegetable man that came around. There were many other resources that allowed them to have access. So it's not that people don't know or don't want to do the right thing; they just have to have access to the foods that they know will make their families healthier.”

People Ifs Knows Men Want Children Two Three Community Grew Grew Up Resources Garden Access Right Thing Grandmother Vegetables Grandparent Obesity Child Obesity Community Garden

Author:Michelle Obama

“In the 10 cities with the nation's highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per 100,000 residents. And if these 10 cities just cut their obesity rates down to the national average, all added up they combine to save nearly $500 million in healthcare costs each year.”

Ifs Years Children Nations Cities Millions Cutting Cost Disease Highest Direct Rate Average Connected Related Healthcare Obesity Residents Child Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“It's not about government telling people what to do. It's about each of us, in our own families, in our own communities, standing up and demanding more for our kids. And it's about companies like Walmart answering that call.”

People Children Government Kids Community Company Standing Obesity Walmart Child Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won't be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in the vending machine in the hallway. ...Parents have a right to expect that their kids will be served fresh, healthy food that meets high nutritional standards.”

Children Home Kids School Parent Effort Healthy Standards Machines Each Day Undone Obesity Hallways Healthy Food Cafeteria Child Obesity Vending Machines School Cafeteria

Author:Michelle Obama

“Child hunger and child obesity are really just two sides of the same coin. Both rob our children of the energy, the strength and the stamina they need to succeed in school and in life. And that, in turn, robs our country of so much of their promise.”

Needs Children Two Country School Turns Energy Sides Promise Succeed Our Children Hunger Our Country Coins Two Sides Obesity Stamina Child Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“We are living in a time where we just don't have enough time. People are rushed. They're over worked, over scheduled. Not enough resources. ...But the thing that I want people to understand in this campaign is that families can make small manageable changes in their lives that can have pretty significant impacts.”

People Want Children Enough Resources Impact Campaigns Significant Enough Time Obesity Manageable Child Obesity

Author:Michelle Obama

“African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children. Nearly half of African American children will develop diabetes at some point in their lives. People, that's half of our children. ...We can build our kids the best schools on earth, but if they don't have the basic nutrition they need to concentrate, they're still going to have a challenge learning.”

People Ifs Needs Children Stills Kids School Earth Challenges White Half Our Children African American Nutrition Obesity Diabetes Obese Child Obesity Best School

Author:Michelle Obama

“We don't need new discoveries or new inventions to reverse this trend. We have the tools at our disposal to reverse it. All we need is the motivation, the opportunity and the willpower to do what needs to be done. ...With this report, we have a very solid road map that we need to make these goals real, to solve this problem within a generation.”

“Kids who participate in school meal programs get roughly half of their calories each day at school. ... This is an extraordinary responsibility. But it's also an opportunity. And it's why one of the single most important things we can do to fight childhood obesity is to make those meals at school as healthy and nutritious as possible.”

“The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.”

Normal Size Make Sense Opposition Excess Obesity Distinctive Delirium Obese Redundancy Morphology

Author:Jean Baudrillard

“Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.”

Men Flesh Another Man Obesity Frailty Falstaff

Author:William Shakespeare

“For the first time, the nation will have goals, benchmarks, and measureable outcomes that will help us tackle the childhood obesity epidemic one child, one family, and one community at a time.”

Firsts Children Helping Nations Goal Community Childhood First Time Outcomes Obesity Epidemics Child Obesity Childhood Obesity Obesity Epidemic

Author:Michelle Obama

“The facts are in, the science is beyond question. Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic and most of the chronic disease sucking the life out of our citizens and our economy - and, increasingly, the rest of the world. You name it, it’s caused by sugar: heart disease, cancer, dementia, type 2 diabetes, depression, and even acne, infertility and impotence.”

“More than a billion adults worldwide are now overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. Worldwide, an estimated 17.6 million children under five are said to be overweight.”

Children Said Millions Five Childhood Adults Areas Billions Obesity Epidemics Overweight Obese Childhood Obesity

Book:Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America

Source: Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America

“As I talked to our team, we are going to believe that Eric is going to walk onto that field again.”

Believe Walks Team Childhood Fields Obesity Eric Childhood Obesity

Author:Greg Schiano

“This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges were brought to all three of these monumental pieces of legislation.”

Three Social Challenges Saws Pieces Rights Childhood Security Civil Rights Voting Legislation Social Security Obesity Right To Vote Nothing New Childhood Obesity Civil Rights Act

Author:Stephanie Cutter

“We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab frozen dinners and McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.”

Way Real Moving Simple Levels Our Lives Medicine Clean Rate Dinner Get Back Frozen Obesity Mcdonalds Diabetes Good Food

Author:Nicole Ari Parker

“Forcing automakers to sell smaller cars to improve fuel economy [is like]... fighting the nation's obesity problem by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell garments in only small sizes.”

Problem Science Fighting Nations Economy Car Sells Size Fuel Clothings Engineering Garments Obesity Fuel Economy

Author:Bob Lutz

“It ought to be realized by all dog owners that obesity shortens a dog's life quite considerably, a life which is much too short anyhow.”

Dog Ought Owners Too Short Obesity Dog Owner

Author:Konrad Lorenz

“In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.”

Problem Poor Rich India Work Out Obesity Ribs

Author:Aravind Adiga

“As an anti-hunger advocate, I found the perplexity of the obesity problem and the hunger problem existing side-by-side in our increasingly global food system begged further investigation.”

Problem Found Sides Hunger Investigation Obesity Perplexity

Author:Ellen Gustafson

“Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don't finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts.”

Children School Healthy Harder Obesity Diabetes Counterparts

Author:Mark Hyman, M.D.

“Shrinking someone's stomach to the size of a walnut with surgery is one way to battle obesity and diabetes and may be lifesaving for a few, but it doesn't address the underlying causes.”

Way May Causes Battle Size One Way Addresses Stomach Surgery Obesity Diabetes Shrinking Walnuts

Author:Mark Hyman, M.D.

“Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight.”

May Problem Body Needed Taxes Direct Weight Addresses Obesity Body Weight

Author:Jonathan Gruber

“A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust.”

Men Fats Describing Obesity Robust Fat Man

Book:The Penguin complete novels of George Orwell

Source: The Penguin complete novels of George Orwell

“In 'Tarahumara' land, there was no crime, war or theft. There was no corruption, obesity, drug addiction, greed, wife-beating, child abuse, heart disease, high blood pressure, or carbon emissions. They didn't get diabetes, or depressed, or even old: 50-year-olds outran teenagers.”

Source: Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen

“Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat.”

Fats Thirty Obesity

Author:Gelett Burgess

“I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.”

Thinking Knows Enough Problem Fighting Bully Incentives Obesity Pulpit

Author:Max Baucus

“Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.”

Home Childhood Inspire Exercise Eating Parenting Redemption Diets Restraint Involvement Obesity Parental Physical Exercise Child Obesity Childhood Obesity Obesity Epidemic Parental Involvement

Author:Bob Filner

“Obesity is the result of a loss of self-control. Indeed, loss of self-control might be said to be the defining social (or anti-social) characteristic of our age: public drunkenness, excessive gambling, promiscuity and common-or-garden rudeness are all examples of our collective loss of self-control.”

Said Self Might Age Social Loss Results Common Example Garden Characteristics Collectives Gambling Self Control Defining Obesity Drunkenness Rudeness Promiscuity Anti Social

Author:Theodore Dalrymple

“If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.”

Ifs Mean Sides Fate Risk Higher Lifetime Environmental Developing Dna Equations Obesity Profile Take Control

Author:David Agus

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