We are creatures. We have a link with a native habitat just like every other species. Throughout most of human history, physical activity was unavoid…

- David Katz

Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion.

- David Katz

Balanced, sensible nutrition: eat food, not too much, mostly plants, a healthy diet ala Michael Pollan, modern physical activity on a daily basis, mo…

- David Katz

The metaphor I routinely use is polar bears in the Sahara desert. You take creatures adapted to the cold and put them in the heat, the very traits th…

- David Katz

We have literature indicating that overwhelmingly, health is influenced by a very short list of modifiable behaviors topped by three: tobacco use, ph…

- David Katz

Epidemic obesity is an enormous problem. It's a pendulum that's swung too far. We have to swing it back. So it should come as no surprise that soluti…

- David Katz

We don't control everything. There are genetic influences. There are environmental exposures we don't control. I cannot guarantee anyone I counsel th…

- David Katz

There's an awful lot about our society that is at odds with the basic message of "don't smoke, be active, eat a healthy diet, and by the way control …

- David Katz

My view of chronic disease prevention of fighting epidemic obesity and diabetes, of turning the tide, is that it is the job of professionals to pave …

- David Katz