Being fat Quote by Anonymous

We spend millions on fitness each year, yet we seem to get fatter.

— Mary Pilon

The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we…

— Portia de Rossi

In fact, the number one reason for obesity in North America is simple: over consumption. And we over consume because we're hungry.

— Brendan Brazier

Economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago persuasively argue that one of the biggest reasons for the nation's current…

— Charles Duhigg

Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and…

— Emily Levine

People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk.…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

The prices of really unhealthy food are kept artificially low, and that contributes to obesity.

— Lori Silverbush

I think it's possible to have food that's healthy, that's good for you to eat, that's also inexpensive. We don't have to have this…

— Eric Schlosser

So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn…

— Wess Stafford

Junk food, junk religion, and junk products just leads to excessive numbers of junk people living junk lifestyles.

— Peter J. Carroll

If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine.

— Joe Bastianich

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well.

— Andrew Weil