Abnormality Quote by Hilde Bruch

Looking at obesity without preconceived ideas, one would assume that the main trend of research should be directed toward an examination of abnormalities of…

— Hilde Bruch

“The problem with most diets today is that they are a one-size-fits-all approach.  Sure, there are diets that are specific to blood type, or…

— T.C. Hale

Obesity is a disease.

— Terry Dubrow

Biology sets the context, and that is critical, but obesity still boils down to whether a person eats too much or exercises enough.

— Robin Marantz Henig

“Think of excess fat as a collection of bad habits. Lose the fat-promoting habits, and you will lose the excess fat.”

— Stan Spencer

Obesity is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of factors.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

“Obesity researchers now use a quasi-scientific term to describe exactly this condition: they refer to the “obesigenic” environment in which we now live, meaning…

— Gary Taubes

Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.

— Andrew Weil

The only thing that anyone can diagnose, with any certainty, by looking at a fat person, is their own level of stereotype and prejudice…

— Marilyn Wann

In a key--but commonly overlooked--aspect of obesity, weight gain can be caused by the slightest increases in consumption, if it continues day in and…

— Michael Moss

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

— Lisa Ling

Generally, the ways we discuss the fat body pathologize it; we treat it as a medical problem and/or a social problem that must be…

— Roxane Gay