Andrew Lansley Quotes

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

When I saw contestants fighting for their lives on 'The Biggest Loser,' I realized I just wanted to be healthy - to have fun playing soccer with my son or teaching my daughter to shoot hoops. Then it was so much easier to say no to carbs, soda, or dessert, and the weight just came off.

The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise.

I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.

You should never go on diet and must follow a healthy lifestyle.

I think Michelle Obama is on the right track with her Let's Move campaign to bring down childhood obesity. She and I come from the same state, Illinois, which is number four in the nation for obese children. One out of five Illinois children are considered obese. Not overweight, obese. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese.

Just eat less and exercise more.

I want to encourage people to make healthy life choices, whether it's training for a half-marathon, or eating more vegetables.

It's taken a while, but I've finally grown up and got my head around the fact that the healthier the food you eat is and the more exercise you do, the lighter you'll be. It really is that simple.

There's no reason that America should be No. 1 in obesity; we have the greatest country in the world.

It's challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise.

We should not have our children going to school to learn how to become obese.

I just try to keep healthy more so than trying to be thin.

Having - and keeping to - a regular exercise routine is crucial. And forget about those extreme diets - they aren't healthy.

Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in this childhood obesity epidemic.

If you want to be right-sized in body, you've got to get rid of the supersize way of life.

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.

I believe that you should move and eat right.

Based on eating everyday foods in specific combinations, Somersizing is a lifestyle that will change your way of thinking about how to lose weight and how to increase your energy. Eating the Somersize way is a pleasure. It is a program for life, a program I will happily live on for the rest of my life.

It's cool to be healthy.

Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama's leadership of efforts to end childhood obesity within this generation.

The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.

I eat right and stay healthy as much as possible.

Stop turning to fad diets and use common sense.