“More people die from over-eating than from undernourishment”
The Talmud
“Have you ever heard people say "you are what you eat" I completely disagree. You are what you think!”
Philip T. M.
“No health-service system has yet developed a useful strategy for managing the huge numbers of overweight and obese people in the community.”
David Halsam
“Overweight and obesity is the second leading cause of death, killing 300,000 people a year, ... There is not a miracle pill that will lead to weight loss.”
Richard Carmona
“Except for smoking, obesity is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country. Three hundred thousand people die of obesity every year,”
Dr. C. Everett Koop
“Epidemic obesity is arguably the gravest public health crisis we face and inarguably the least controlled.”
Dr. David Katz
“With so much attention focused on the health risks associated with overweight/obesity and advice from many health professionals focused on helping consumers achieve a better balance between energy consumption and expenditure, it will be interesting to see how consumer awareness and understanding of calorie information change over time.”
Susan T. Borra
