“We help the children to identify the behaviors leading to obesity and change them.”
Dr. Goutham Rao
“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
“Because research has shown that obesity in children today has tripled in the last 20 years and is becoming perhaps the biggest threat to the health and welfare of future generations,”
Jared Fogle
“If we don't get obesity under control with our children, we are going to continue to have more kids developing heart disease and diabetes,”
Elizabeth Pivonka
“We are concerned by the high levels of obesity and low levels of physical activity among elementary-school children.”
Clara Hemphill
“California is facing an obesity epidemic, ... And more and more, children are becoming part of the problem.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Obesity is probably the second leading preventable cause of death in the United States after cigarette smoking, so it is a very serious problem.”
JoAnn Manson