There is an obesity epidemic. One out of every three Americans... weighs as much as the other two. — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
It's a recipe for disaster when your country has an obesity epidemic and a skinny jean fad. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The infant mortality rates are insanely high. The obesity epidemic is on the rise. It is all related. — Kimberly Williams-Paisley Copy Share Image
Bags full of candy are a scary reminder of the childhood obesity epidemic. — Richard Bacon Copy Share Image
Exercise is essential for good health. But we can't exercise our way out of the obesity epidemic. — Laurie David Copy Share Image
How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for… — Robert Atkins Copy Share Image
If the childhood obesity epidemic remains unchecked, it will condemn many of our kids to shorter lives, as well as the emotional… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of… — Joel Fuhrman 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
If we are serious about combating the childhood obesity epidemic and improving child nutrition, then everyone must chip in -- parents, schools,… — Tom Harkin 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
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
I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
People love information. Right now in our society, we have an obesity epidemic. Because for the first time in history, we have… — Marco Arment Copy Share Image
We are spending millions, if not billions of dollars every year on programs to fight the childhood obesity epidemic while giving almost… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Despite all the attention paid to the obesity epidemic and the growing prevalence of preventable diseases, in the U.S. - as a… — Bruce Broussard Copy Share Image
The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've… — Eric Schlosser 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
Economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago persuasively argue that one of the biggest reasons for the… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Cookies don't make us fat. They're not to blame for our obesity epidemic. You know what else isn't to blame? Fast food,… — Shawn Weeks Copy Share Image
There is a profound injustice at the heart of the American economy. You look at the media and realize that these corporate-run… — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
“Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn feeds the chicken and the pig, the turkey, and the lamb,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Alzheimer’s will likely affect 100 million people by 2050, a crippling number for our health care system and one that will dwarf… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that McDonald's gift certificates caused the obesity epidemic, but in retrospect, the timing is kind of suspicious. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
The facts are in, the science is beyond question. Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic… — Mark Hyman, M.D Copy Share Image