Jared Polis Quotes

Dinner should be low in caloric intake. Foods like fish and broccoli are very good choices.

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.

The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits.

I always have apples and fruit in the house. It's easier to eat something healthy if it's within reach. I also have yogurt, cheese and crackers, and raw almonds.

Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.

As I get older every year, I'm eating better. As a kid, who can turn down chips and candy? But I'm getting better.

Most schools have only a microwave or deep fryer, hardly the tools needed to feed our children real, fresh food.

Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great effect. We may know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for us, but the preponderance of the signals we get - and especially the signals children get - push us in the direction of junk food.

It's so important to that we go into the public schools and we feed all of the kids something that is really good for them.

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

School is where children spend most of their time, and it is where we lay the foundation for healthy habits. That's why New Jersey is the first state to adopt a comprehensive school nutrition policy that bans candy, soda, and other junk food.

So you can say, 'Get Big Government out of here, and don't tell me what to eat,' but when kids are going to school, and they're being fed junk, we're pretty much telling them what to eat, and we're telling them junk is OK.

I eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids.

I love gummy bears, pretzels of all kinds, popcorn, Doritos - those are all healthy snacks.

I eat like a child! Oh my God. It's terrible. My child eats way healthier than me! She loves the veggies. She doesn't like packaged sweets.

I always have snack-y foods with me, like nuts and individually wrapped prunes. I don't like getting hungry. When you're hungry, you'll look for foods, and it's never salad; it's always muffins!

I love fresh vegetables and we always include them in our meals. I don't force my kids to eat asparagus, but they do eat peas, broccoli, and carrots.

We need to reform our school lunch programs. We need to get healthy items into the vending machines.

We eat a lot of lean meat and fresh vegetables.

High-quality food is better for your health.

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.

My parents always wanted me to know why eating healthfully was important to overall performance, probably to drown out my whining for junk food.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

I'm on a health kick! I'm drawn to cheeseburgers, so I've got to just try and keep it on an even keel.