David Perlmutter Quotes

One in four kids have either pre-diabetes or diabetes - what I like to call diabesity. How did this happen?

The causes of obesity are varied and complex, but the lack of daily physical activity is an important factor.

Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate.

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.

I'm well aware of the health dangers of an expanding waistline and belly fat: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, even cancer.

I will make the argument that we are poorly adapted to our current environment. I mean, we did not evolve to sit all day and be exposed to giant amounts of really tasty food.

Every chef I know, their cholesterol is through the roof. And mine's not so great.

I have a beer belly.

While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor.

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for it?

Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications in the long run.

I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well.

In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar.

The consequences of poor nutrition and a lack of exercise are serious.

People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating. Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut? Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.

In the nineteen-eighties, rates of obesity started to rise sharply in the U.S. and around the world. By the nineteen-nineties, obesity reached epidemic proportions.

Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.

When you talk about obesity, there's so many things that can cause that. It can be a medical thing, or down to the individual. There's a lot of other things involved than eating a Mars bar.

The implications of Americans devoting their lives to fast food are more profound than the fact that our kids aren't eating well. There are real repercussions that we need to know about and think about.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

The biggest issue by far is that carbohydrates are absolutely at the cornerstone of all of our major degenerative conditions.

I've got more chins than a San Francisco phonebook.