We are facing a flood tide of factors into our daily lives and the lives of our children that conspire against weight control, and for that matter, health, any single policy or program we use to turn the tide is like a single sandbag. You put down the sandbag on the banks of the river. You could ask the question: Have we held back the flood? A sandbag isn't designed to hold back the flood. A sandbag is designed to be part of a levy to hold back the flood. It doesn't matter if it's a good sandbag, maybe a perfectly good sandbag. By itself it can't fix the problem.
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…
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
We don't control everything. There are genetic influences. There are environmental exposures we don't control. I cannot guarantee anyone I counsel th…
Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion. - David Katz
Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion.
I naturally gravitate toward the big picture which isn't necessarily advantageous when you go on to a career in research because successful researche… - David Katz
I naturally gravitate toward the big picture which isn't necessarily advantageous when you go on to a career in research because successful researche…
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