Rich Froning Jr. Quotes

I learned how to cook, began reading books on food. I began to understand about nutrition. It never had occurred to me that what you ate could affect how you felt. It could affect your health. It seems obvious now, but at age 23 or 22 or whatever I was, it wasn't obvious at all.

I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.

My health is important, so I learn everything I can about nutrition.

If you don't eat right and you don't know how to take care of your body, you're not going to have the energy to do anything wonderful.

You cannot out-train bad nutrition. It's impossible.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more.

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

My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.

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

There is nothing unhealthy about educating youngsters about nutrition.

My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.

I mean, I eat really healthily.

I cannot stress a greater importance than to teach the young generation about the risks of unhealthy eating. A great way to pique their interest in nutrition is to involve them more in the cooking process. They not only will learn to cook for themselves, but also develop a lifetime of healthy habits.

What you eat matters. It influences the quality of your life.

But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.

I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.

I do practice what I preach when it comes to nutrition.

I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

I think health is the outcome of eating well.

I can't say this enough - the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you're stronger, you think more quickly.

The most important thing for me to teach my children is about health and fitness. It's about taking care of your body and eating foods that are good for you and getting the right exercise that you need... It's just about living a healthy life for longevity and a healthy heart.

Eating well gives me a lot of my energy.