Linford Christie Quotes

Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs.

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

In the African-American community, we struggle with a lot of health problems that have a lot to do with our diet.

It's infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure.

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.

I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.

According to the comprehensive Global Burden of Disease project, the leading risk factors for ill health and premature death are linked to lifestyle, what we eat and drink and how much we exercise. Disease prevention does not occur in the hospital. We need the whole of society to be involved.

I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.

I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are adopting harmful behavioral habits that shorten their life.

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

As surgeon general I always seemed to be issuing a "Surgeon General's Warning" about one thing after another that threatened the health of the American people: cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, AIDS, Reye's syndrome, violence, and a host of others. In each case I had to be certain that the science behind the health warning was impeccable and able to withstand the critics who sought to dismiss the warnings. But I also needed to ensure that the science made sense on a personal level. I had to listen to the American people as well as to talk (sternly) to them.

Health is more than the absence of disease…It is also education….We have a health illiterate society.

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

Testicular cancer occurs in young men, just the people who don't bother much about their health.

I'm thin and never thought I'd have a stroke.

I want to make sure that all GPs, not only in my constituency but across the U.K., help to raise awareness of the increased risk of prostate cancer in black men and have the knowledge to initiate these important conversations with the community.

I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds were actually helping the people we think they're helping.

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic.

High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.

A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does.

You can't educate people that are not healthy. But you certainly can't keep them healthy if they're not educated.

A prevention-based society is one in which every institution, whether they're a hospital or a clinic, or a school, an employer or a faith-based organization, recognizes and embraces the role that it can play in improving health.

Every philanthropist has a soft corner for one issue. For me it is health, because my father was a doctor.