American Quote by Mark Hyman

The abundance of cheap food with low nutritional value in the Western diet has wreaked havoc on our health; in America, one third of…

— Ellen Gustafson

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

— Tom Vilsack

Here we have the great irony of modern nutrition: at a time when hundreds of millions of people do not have enough to eat,…

— Marion Nestle

“Some 1.2 billion people in the world still have too little to eat; the same number today suffer from being overweight…..For the first time…

— Felicity Lawrence

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

“Americans are nutrient-deficient because they do not eat a sufficient quantity of fresh produce.”

— Joel Fuhrman

The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of foods consumed…

— Joel Fuhrman

“All of our uncertainties about nutrition should not obscure the plain fact that the chronic diseases that now kill most of us can be…

— Michael Pollan

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

Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly,…

— Cat Cora

Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in…

— S. Jay Olshansky

Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it

— Yogi Berra