Obese Quotations

I think Michelle Obama is on the right track with her Let's Move campaign to bring down childhood obesity. She and I come from the same state, Illinois, which is number four in the nation for obese children. One out of five Illinois children are considered obese. Not overweight, obese. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese.

In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb into a fat suit to play the obese Count Fosco. It was hard work, and unbearably hot, but I sailed through because I'd always kept myself fit.

Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve.

I have lost and put on big batches of weight in my life many, many times. But what concerns me is the idea of being an obese old woman, because I don't like the idea of being physically incapable in someone else's hands.

I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.

We found that obesity was associated with a threefold increase in SCD1 expression in obese muscle, as well as a threefold higher level of SCD1 enzyme, compared to lean muscle.

We found that for every additional serving per day of soft drink consumed, the risk of becoming obese increased by about 50 percent.

One of the most significant concerns from a public health perspective is that we know a lot of children who are overweight grow up to be overweight or obese adults, and thus are at greater risk for some major health problems.

I was surprised that we could see an upward trend in such a short time among overweight children and obese men.

For subjective indicators of pain, obese people indicated similar levels of pain to non-obese people. But when we looked at objective indicators, we found that the obese group had a lower threshold for pain.

For the vast majority of those who are obese - those with a Body Mass Index over 30 - their size is their choice. They choose to take in more calories than they burn. They choose to take in high fat calories over low-fat ones. They choose to fad diet, if they choose to diet at all.

It also is important to note that blood pressure reductions occurred in patients even though they remained obese with (a body mass index) in the 35 range, which is still not ideal, further suggesting that weight loss itself -- in this study, achieved through gastric bypass surgery -- can improve health outcomes.

I think the more trails anywhere the better. This is an obese city, - and it's not a street-friendly place, so riding a bike on the street is bad.

Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Some of them are morbidly obese and they can't get a cuff on their arm. Typically, in those situations, their wrists aren't as fleshy as the arm would be.

I was particularly concerned about seeing the increase in children, because we know that children who are overweight often become obese adults.

When I jump into something, I really do it to the fullest extent that my time and energy will allow me. I'm from Texas, and to see so many people that are obese and with disorders that are preventable. They haven't been shown or told. I'm really passionate about making sure my fellow countrymen are healthy. It's a shame.

We have known that kids who are overweight or obese have a higher risk for being overweight or obese as adults. But in this paper, we show that even children in the high normal weight range have an elevated risk of becoming overweight or obese as adults.

The problem keeps getting worse, ... We've seen virtually a doubling in the number of obese persons over the past two decades, and this has profound health implications.

We don't have those lifestyles where we go to bed when the sun goes down. If it were true that nighttime eating made you fat, everyone in Spain would be obese -- because they don't eat dinner until 10 p.m.

We are continually seeing an increase in the number of obese patients presenting to hospitals. These patients are not necessarily surgical patients but present with a variety of medical needs and can be seen throughout a health care facility.

We've had a few more years to get obese and develop chronic illnesses, whereas they are just beginning. So, if they can look at these comparisons and say, 'We need to stop this now,' they might be better off in the long run.

Benny Hill's character is this twisted sexual deviant who professes his love for obese women, which I thought was so funny. There was nothing like that in this movie, so I thought it would be fun to play my character as someone who had no social graces, yet was embittered by the fact he was universally refused by women.

As the number of obese children in the United States increases, it is essential to develop child safety seats that can protect children of all sizes and shapes.

There's no question we are seeing more and more obese children, ... I don't think we (Arizona's kids) are any better or any worse. We are pretty much like the rest of the country.

Some studies say that obese people are more tolerant of pain, while other studies say they are less tolerant.

This is important because if an obese person begins an exercise program, he may not cognitively experience pain when in fact it is hurting the body on some level. That could lead to severe pain down the road.

This is the first scientific contribution that the addictive pathways are deficient in the obese and it may explain their cravings,

The relaxation procedure helped both groups cope with pain. Additionally, our tests showed both groups had higher physical pain thresholds after the relaxation session. But the obese participants still had a lower threshold for tolerating the pain.

There's a pattern of brain changes that we have shown is common across various types of addiction that we've also seen in pathologically obese individuals,

all my contact with obese people suggests to me they would feel happier, healthier, and have a much better quality of life if they weren't quite so overweight.

It's been a trend probably for the last four or five years. Hospitals are continuing to see an increase in obese patients, and it affects every department. You have to think of the patient from head to toe, everything they do in the hospital until they walk out the door or they die.

The objective of this study was to determine the relative prevalence of diabetes and related cardiovascular diseases among overweight and inactive adults in a population representative of the nation. What we found was that individuals who are overweight or obese have a higher likelihood of having diabetes and cardiovascular disease even if they are active and appear to be 'fit.' Likewise, individuals who are not physically active have a higher likelihood of having diabetes and cardiovascular disease even if they aren't overweight.

It's during childhood that our patterns often are set. Overweight adolescents often become obese adults.

The cells of obese people remembered their metabolic program, which could help explain, in part, why losing weight and maintaining weight loss is so difficult.

In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table along with those who face discrimination based on the way that God or Nature or our Intelligent Designer created us.

I hesitate to call it landmark. Other people have called it landmark ... but it is one of the first times that a jury has found in favor of a morbidly obese person based on disability and awarded significant compensation.

Being overweight or obese makes you more likely to develop heart disease, cancers, diabetes, bone and joint problems and surgical risks.

Becoming obese is a normal response to the American environment. If the environment continues to encourage high (food) intake and low activity, then we'll all be overweight.

I am a smoker. I work for the DHHR, and I think that there are more pressing issues to deal with. Why don't you stop diabetics from going to the (dessert) bars in restaurants or obese people from loading up their trays or Applebee's from serving someone 15 drinks? I've never known someone to kill someone from smoking too much.

It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

Yes, some people will say you get successful obese businesspeople. But are they happy? Probably not.

The concern is that we are seeing a lot of our young children become obese and develop cardiovascular diseases, and it's all completely preventable." ()