“(Regarding fuel economy) One auto industry official put it this way: the new standards “are like dealing with the nation's obesity problem by forcing clothing manufacturers to sell only small sizes."”
auto industry official (Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/22/automakers-wa
“With regard to trade policy, the negotiation of EPAs with developing countries is crucial. In these negotiations, we must not pressure poor countries into opening up their markets to our companies, when they are unable to compete fairly on the global stage”
Prof. Edward Scicluna MEP
“Lack of physical activity is a major problem here on childhood obesity. And, in fact, the industry is heavily involved in special programs to educate parents and children about the need for good nutrition and physical activity.”
Wally Snyder
“Had double chins all the way down to his stomach”
Mark Twain
“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. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.”
Jean Baudrillard
“Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.”
Tom Harkin
“Obesity is not gluttony,”
George Blackburn
