Gad Saad Quotes

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

If you walk down the street, within five minutes you will see someone who is morbidly obese or obese.

I don't have a problem with being overweight. That's fine. But there's a thin line between being unhealthy and overweight.

I don't know why we have this shame about obesity, but it's kind of a good thing that we have this shame about obesity - we shouldn't accept the fact that everyone is obese.

I've always been a big guy. I weighed 220 pounds in the 5th grade.

Yes, we know that obesity is an issue, but it isn't the end of the world as is reported everywhere.

If the childhood obesity epidemic remains unchecked, it will condemn many of our kids to shorter lives, as well as the emotional and financial burdens of poor health.

For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!

In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it.

I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.

There are definitions of morbid obesity. Doctors define it.

There is no such thing as a 'correct' weight for any particular height - they are only averages.

It's good that fat schoolchildren are no longer bullied, but it's worrying if they feel it's OK to be large because no one is pointing it out.

Your waist size should not be more than half your height.

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

It's infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure.

Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs.

I am a big man, but I've allowed my condition to deteriorate by being overweight.

We can all put weight on or lose weight.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

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

I was fat because I lived in the Midwest in the 1970s, and everyone was a little fat then and only getting fatter.

I'm 300 pounds. If I fall on anybody, it's going to hurt.

I was 175 pounds at 13 years old and 5 feet tall.

I'm a stocky 210 pounds.