Addresses Quote by Jonathan Gruber

“The government is subsidizing, with our own tax dollars, the very foods that are making us obese. Obesity is effectively the result of government…

— Jason Fung

Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this.

— Muhtar Kent

We can all agree that government can't solve the obesity crisis alone. It's an ongoing issue that will require a collaborative effort across private…

— Marcus Samuelsson

We can all agree that government cant solve the obesity crisis alone. Its an ongoing issue that will require a collaborative effort across private…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.

— Richard Attias

People tend to think of overweight and obesity as strictly a personal matter, but there is much that communities can and should do to…

— David Satcher

Obesity is racing through America, everywhere. It's high time someone spent some money to do something about it.

— David H. Murdock

The best way to alleviate the obesity "public health" crisis is to remove obesity from the realm of public health. It doesn't belong there.…

— Radley Balko

“Let's be honest about the "war on obesity." It's a war on people with a particular body type, funded by diet companies.”

— Golda Poretsky

“Ascribing personal responsibility to the obese individual is not a rational argument for an eminently practical reason: it fails to advance any efforts to…

— Lustig Robert

It has always been the role of government to help solve problems, including and especially health crises. Obesity is a health epidemic across our…

— Anonymous

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