Health Discussion Quotes

I am an advocate for going to the doctor and going every year. I make sure that part of the checkup is spent talking about my heart with my doctor, and getting my numbers checked, and discussing the results. And I make sure that I understand the answers to my questions.

It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food.

Unfortunately, with men's health, we don't talk about it enough, and prostate cancer gets lost in the conversation.

Sometimes it's dramatic, but mental health, as a whole, has to become mainstream.

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

I feel like it's important to talk about my health, which is fine, and my size because there are young girls who see someone like me and can validate their own existence.

I am passionate about talking to women about their breast health.

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

I really don't like talking about diets.

I don't know if it's a racial thing or not, but it's hard for the Roundtrees to talk about health issues. People have to get over all that stuff.

In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly.

I would love to speak with First Lady Michelle Obama about the addictive component of obesity.

To me, the most important takeaway is to encourage women to talk to their own health provider and doctor. I'm not a doctor, so I'm not going to sit here and review all the different options. But I think that it's most important for girls to have that conversation with their doctor. That will illuminate everything.

A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions.

I want to destigmatize the words mental illness.

I think the greatest thing about partnering with the Arthritis Foundation is the fact that we're raising awareness. I actually called my mom and said, 'I've heard the word 'arthritis' every once in a while come out of your mouth. Do you have arthritis?' And she said, 'Yes, I have knee pain, joint pain and in my hands... I have arthritis.'