Tamra Davis Quotes

When it comes to kids, it's just not hard to get them healthy. I don't find it hard and don't understand why people find it hard.

If you just stay away from junk, and stick with what your mom taught you, you're eating pretty healthy.

It makes me sound like a domestic freak, but I care very much about my kids' nutrition.

When it came to healthy eating, my parents did their best to set me on the right path. At school, my friends ate McDonalds at lunchtime, but I had a packed lunch that my mother made for me. I hated it at the time, but looking back, I'm glad.

Kids see cooking as a creative outlet now, like soccer and ballet. It gives me hope that things like fast food, childhood obesity and the horrible state of school lunches can be addressed by kids and their parents.

It's not difficult for me to stay healthy. I like healthy food.

Childhood nutrition and healthy eating is a cause that is extremely close to my heart.

I definitely gravitate towards things like vegetables, chicken, brown rice, but I don't deprive myself of anything. If I want a Sprinkles cupcake, I'm having a Sprinkles cupcake. But I'm not going to have one every day... you just have to have a sensible outlook on all of it.

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.

Almond Joys are a childhood favorite, but most of us could do without all those grams of sugar, especially when trying to instill healthy habits in our kids.

Michelle Obama. She is big on encouraging kids to eat healthy - which is great.

I try to eat healthy a little bit.

I honestly think there shouldn't be sugared drinks. All my grandchildren drink water all through the day. I've just had them to stay, and at breakfast, they have water. They don't even know what sugary drinks are.

I am a foodie, but my antennas are always up regarding the healthy and nutritional values of food.

Ideally, we should be controlling what we eat by cooking for ourselves.

I have a chef who cooks for me. I like to eat healthy.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We're the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

Being on the road is no excuse for having a poor diet. I don't like fast food, but if I have to, I'll order three plain grilled chicken sandwiches and throw out the buns.

Every time you use the word 'healthy,' you lose. The key is to make yummy, delicious food that happens to be healthy.

I don't have slim children. I have hearty ones.

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.

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

While fad diets might seem like the quick-fix solution to lose weight, they won't help you get healthy in the long run.

It's important for me to eat really healthy because I have such a sweet tooth. I eat fish and vegetables for lunch and dinner, and I work out every day.

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.