Best Obesity Quotations
187 Obesity quotes by 143 unique authors
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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.…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.
— William Shakespeare
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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…
— Michelle Obama
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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…
— Mark Hyman, M.D.
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More than a billion adults worldwide are now overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Childhood obesity is already epidemic…
— Morgan Spurlock
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As I talked to our team, we are going to believe that Eric is going to walk onto that field again.
— Greg Schiano
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This is nothing new. We saw this with the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Right Act - constitutional challenges were…
— Stephanie Cutter
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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…
— Nicole Ari Parker
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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…
— Bob Lutz
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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.
— Konrad Lorenz
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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…
— Aravind Adiga
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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…
— Ellen Gustafson
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Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don't finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts.
— Mark Hyman, M.D.
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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…
— Mark Hyman, M.D.
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Ultimately, what may be needed to address the obesity problem are direct taxes on body weight.
— Jonathan Gruber
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A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust.
— George Orwell
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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…
— Christopher McDougall
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Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat.
— Gelett Burgess
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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…
— Max Baucus
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We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are…
— Chris Noth
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there…
— Gail Simmons
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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…
— Theodore Dalrymple
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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…
— David Agus
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It has always been the role of government to help solve problems, including and especially health crises. Obesity is a health epidemic across our country,…
— Richard Codey
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This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.
— Judy Davis
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