The metaphor I routinely use is polar bears in the Sahara desert. You take creatures adapted to the cold and put them in the heat, the very traits that allow them to survive in one environment will conspire against them… — David Katz Copy Share Image
My view of chronic disease prevention of fighting epidemic obesity and diabetes, of turning the tide, is that it is the job of professionals… — David Katz Copy Share Image
We have literature indicating that overwhelmingly, health is influenced by a very short list of modifiable behaviors topped by three: tobacco use, physical activity… — David Katz Copy Share Image
There is one thing that very reliably try to trumps the food supply and that is food demand. At the end of the day,… — David Katz Copy Share Image
We are facing a flood tide of factors into our daily lives and the lives of our children that conspire against weight control, and… — David Katz Copy Share Image
We are creatures. We have a link with a native habitat just like every other species. Throughout most of human history, physical activity was… — David Katz Copy Share Image
We have a society that monumentally conspires against the pursuit of health. We have wave after wave of labor-saving technology that says don't ever… — David Katz Copy Share Image
When I went to medical school, I was taught about two basic kinds of diabetes: juvenile onset and adult onset. From the time I… — David Katz Copy Share Image
The metaphor I routinely use is polar bears in the Sahara desert. You take creatures adapted to the cold and put them in the… — David Katz Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot about our society that is at odds with the basic message of "don't smoke, be active, eat a healthy diet,… — David Katz Copy Share Image
I think basic disease care access and basic access to health care is a human right. If we need a constitutional amendment to put… — David Katz Copy Share Image
We don't control everything. There are genetic influences. There are environmental exposures we don't control. I cannot guarantee anyone I counsel that by following… — David Katz Copy Share Image
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… — David Katz Copy Share Image
