David Perlmutter Quotes

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.

I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.

I eat like seven men together.

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

The doctor asked what my diet was like and I had to sit down and realize it's not normal, and hadn't been normal for about 20 years.

The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of foods consumed are high in calories and low in micronutrients.

In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.

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

The people in power have created an obesity epidemic.

People have become aware that way that we've been eating is making us sick.

Poor eating habits developed at an early age lead to a lifetime of real health consequences.

I'm not the healthiest eater; I'll admit that. I love junk food.

We are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth.

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.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

When people are told to 'eat many small meals,' what they may actually hear is 'eat all the time,' making them likely to respond with some degree of compulsive overeating. It's no coincidence, I think, that obesity rates began rising rapidly in the 1980s more or less in tandem with this widespread endorsement of more frequent meals.

If you eat like crap all the time, quite frankly, you're going to feel like crap.

The infant mortality rates are insanely high. The obesity epidemic is on the rise. It is all related.

I come with bad genetics, personally.

When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything.

I am a nutritionist's nightmare.

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

The fad diets are doing way more harm than good.

If it was up to Rob we would be eating Nandos and salad cream, morning, noon and night!

Eating processed foods will prevent you from losing weight and shedding fat.