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 solution must be built from the ground up on the banks of this flooding river and it must be raised to a height higher than flood waters. Now what does that look like? It looks like policies and programs that cultivate healthy levels of physical activity, healthy dietary patterns in homes, in schools, in supermarkets, in neighborhoods, in clinics, in churches, in workplaces, throughout our society, every place we can reach people.
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
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
I think basic disease care access and basic access to health care is a human right. If we need a constitutional amendment to put it in the Bill of Ri… - David Katz
I think basic disease care access and basic access to health care is a human right. If we need a constitutional amendment to put it in the Bill of Ri…
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
Balanced, sensible nutrition: eat food, not too much, mostly plants, a healthy diet ala Michael Pollan, modern physical activity on a daily basis, mo…
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
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…
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
We have literature indicating that overwhelmingly, health is influenced by a very short list of modifiable behaviors topped by three: tobacco use, ph…
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
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…
Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion. - David Katz
Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion.
We have a society that monumentally conspires against the pursuit of health. We have wave after wave of labor-saving technology that says don't ever … - David Katz
We have a society that monumentally conspires against the pursuit of health. We have wave after wave of labor-saving technology that says don't ever …
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
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 …
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