“This 'nutritional naivete' will continue to offset much of the positive outreach being done to combat obesity and other diseases in the U.S.. Consumers need better tools to make intelligent decisions. The data show a glaring lack of understanding of the basics of nutrition and help make it easy to see why the right messages aren't getting through. Ongoing changes in food labeling and better access to diet and nutritional information will help get to the root of this problem.”
Steve Bodhaine
“Had double chins all the way down to his stomach”
Mark Twain
“We think this will be the first of many common variants that cause obesity.”
Alan Herbert
“Rather than seeking personal injury damages for the consequences of obesity, there will be lawsuits based on state consumer protection laws. There's a lot of deception in the marketplace and a lot of it is relevant to the obesity epidemic. But here we don't have to prove anyone got fat.”
Richard Daynard
“Childhood obesity will not be significantly affected by simply taking sodas out of high school. It's an issue that needs to be looked at on a bigger scale.”
Pam McCoy
“Obesity is the terror within. Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9-11 or any other terrorist attempt.”
Richard Carmona
“As obesity rates continue to grow at epidemic proportions in this country, the net effect will be dramatic increases in related chronic health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”
Jeffrey Koplan
