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
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…
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…
Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion. - David Katz
Color, rather than shape, is more closely related to emotion.
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…
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 …
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…
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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