Boris Johnson Quotes

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

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

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

I do have a priority in my house, and that is I want my kids to be healthy, and if I give them the right food, I am headed consistently toward that goal.

I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.

Today there are not even enough fruits and vegetables in this country to allow all Americans to follow the government guidelines to eat five to nine servings a day.

Jamie Oliver, quite rightly, was talking about trying to improve the diet of children in schools and improving school meals, but the net effect was the number of children eating school meals in many of these places didn't go up, it went down.

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.

Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children.

Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.

There's been a growing effort to kick soda out of the schools. And governors as different as Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and Mike Huckabee in Arkansas have worked hard to get soda and junk food out of their state schools, which is good.

Thank God for Carrie Wiatt (creator of Diet Designs)! She has raised my consciousness of healthy eating so much that it will be practiced by me and my family for the rest of our lives. I never dreamed low-fat food could taste so good!

Rather than munching on a bag of potato chips, stick to fresh fruit and veggies.

I always advise eating regular meals — a mix of healthy carbs, protein and fruits and veggies.

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.

Restrictiveness is not synonymous with food.

I had a problem of not eating well when I was young. My parents always used to try to stress on me about eating well.

One of my favorite salads is spinach with pickled strawberries.

If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.

I cannot keep myself to a particular diet. I eat what I want, when I want and try to keep it as healthy as I can.

My diet is just the normal stuff that you know is healthy - nice, clean food - meats, vegetables, fresh juices. I don't have too many sauces, I just like really plain chicken, broccoli: all clean stuff.

Eating a natural diet with loads of fresh fruit and veg and little processed food helps me manage the symptoms of my illness.

My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.