Obesity is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of factors. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: the status of a person's job was more… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
US officials have now approved the first anti-obesity drug for dogs. I'm no a veterinarian, but if your dog is over eating,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“People usually live up to their expectations. The kid picked first for dodgeball feels a duty to be the best, and to… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
Childhood obesity isn't about looks. And it's not about weight. It's about how our kids feel. And those are really the implications… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
I'm sure there are people who just assume we can't have hungry people in America because so many people are obese, but… — Lori Silverbush Copy Share Image
Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight. — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
For the first time, the nation will have goals, benchmarks, and measureable outcomes that will help us tackle the childhood obesity epidemic… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
When I post a photo from a 'good angle,' I receive criticism for looking smaller and selling out. When I post photos… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
“Of all the dangerous ideas that health officials could have embraced while trying to understand why we get fat, they would have… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and… — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
Associated with this weight gain are increased risks in adulthood for joint problems, angina, high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, type 2… — Jeff Schweitzer Copy Share Image
It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first place. But… — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
If we have the right preventive and primary care, if we start charging for comprehensive care in the chronic cases, 10 percent… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
More than a billion adults worldwide are now overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Childhood obesity… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
“Because I hated myself so much for my fatness, I always looked for other fat people, and especially for fatter people, to… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
As obesity creeps into preschools, and hypertension and type II diabetes become pediatric problems for the very first time, the case for… — Heidi Murkoff Copy Share Image
In 'Tarahumara' land, there was no crime, war or theft. There was no corruption, obesity, drug addiction, greed, wife-beating, child abuse, heart… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
