#obesity

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

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The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

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While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. ↗

— Tim Holden

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Shrinking someone's stomach to the size of a walnut with surgery is one way to battle obesity and diabetes and may be lifesaving for a few, but it doesn't address the underlying causes. ↗

— Mark Hyman

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Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don't finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts. ↗

— Mark Hyman

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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

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How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for it? ↗

— Robert Atkins

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I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America. ↗

— Morgan Spurlock

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With the chronic obesity in America, it's more important than ever to not only feed kids healthy foods but to teach them how to make healthy choices on their own. ↗

— Jennie Garth

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