A Quote by Diane Abbott

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

Diane Abbott

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Childhood Childhood Obesity Key Obesity Tackling

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Diane Abbott
British - Politician
Born: September 27, 1953

Getting kids moving is a key factor in tackling obesity and health problems among the young.

Magnus Scheving

We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.

Andrew Lansley

Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama's leadership of efforts to end childhood obesity within this generation.

Richard Carmona

Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in this childhood obesity epidemic.

S. Jay Olshansky

Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.

Tom Harkin

Childhood obesity affects all pedophiles.

Anthony Jeselnik

They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter.

Josephine Hart

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

Madeleine M. Kunin

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

Tom Vilsack

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

Lance Armstrong

In the 10 cities with the nation's highest obesity rates, the direct costs connected with obesity and obesity-related diseases are roughly $50 million per 100,000 residents. And if these 10 cities just cut their obesity rates down to the national average, all added up they combine to save nearly $500 million in healthcare costs each year.