We have literature indicating that overwhelmingly, health is influenced by a very short list of modifiable behaviors topped by three: tobacco use, physical activity and dietary pattern. You could modify those three things; you can change people's fate. I wanted to change those. Smoking cessation, important but relatively simple - a lot of people are working on that. Physical activity: important to me, important to health but also relatively simple. I like nutrition. It's complicated; you really need to learn a lot of stuff to be an expert there.
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
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…
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…
My view is, in between environmental determinism and personal responsibility, we say, "where there's a will there's a way." It's not true. You really… - David Katz
My view is, in between environmental determinism and personal responsibility, we say, "where there's a will there's a way." It's not true. You really…
When I went to medical school, I was taught about two basic kinds of diabetes: juvenile onset and adult onset. From the time I did my training in med… - David Katz
When I went to medical school, I was taught about two basic kinds of diabetes: juvenile onset and adult onset. From the time I did my training in med…
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 …
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
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 …
There is one thing that very reliably try to trumps the food supply and that is food demand. At the end of the day, the business of business is busin… - David Katz
There is one thing that very reliably try to trumps the food supply and that is food demand. At the end of the day, the business of business is busin…
What we need to do now is recognize that it is the sum total of human ingenuity that is responsible for the epidemics of chronic disease. Throughout … - David Katz
What we need to do now is recognize that it is the sum total of human ingenuity that is responsible for the epidemics of chronic disease. Throughout …
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