#obesity

More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act. ↗

— Lee Haney

#act #children #concerned #enough #ever

To seek inner beauty is to meet a large woman and ask, ‘Is her liver also fat?’ Even if she is not good, the night can still be. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#beauty #obesity #beauty

If only we correct our eating habits than not only we would have perfect body weight but also we can get rid of most of the diseases.- Subodh Gupta , author "7 food habits for weight loss forever". ↗

— Subodh Gupta

#diet #food #health #heart-disease #obesity

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#obesity #food

About eighty percent of the food on shelves of supermarkets today didn't exist 100 years ago. ↗

— Larry McCleary

#food-politics #health #nutrition #obesity #supermarkets

21Most food goes to waste in affluent societies. When we throw leftovers into the garbage, it goes to waste. When we eat more food than we need, it goes to waist. ↗

— Earle Gray

#hunger #obesity #waste #food

If two heads are better than one, then what about double chins? On that note, I will help myself to seconds. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#obesity #funny

According to the surgeon general, obesity today is officially an epidemic; it is arguably the most pressing public health problem we face, costing the health care system an estimated $90 billion a year. Three of every five Americans are overweight; one of every five is obese. The disease formerly known as adult-onset diabetes has had to be renamed Type II diabetes since it now occurs so frequently in children. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association predicts that a child born in 2000 has a one-in-three chance of developing diabetes. (An African American child's chances are two in five.) Because of diabetes and all the other health problems that accompany obesity, today's children may turn out to be the first generation of Americans whose life expectancy will actually be shorter than that of their parents. The problem is not limited to America: The United Nations reported that in 2000 the number of people suffering from overnutrition--a billion--had officially surpassed the number suffering from malnutrition--800 million. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#diabetes #fatties #food #health #health-care

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating. ↗

— Bob Filner

#best #better #childhood #diet #eating

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

#among #children #food #hunger #insecurity