Dan O'Brien Quotes

I remember being about eight and watching 'Pollyanna' with Hayley Mills. I looked at my mum and said, 'Mum, I want to be Pollyanna.' She said, 'You're going to have to make yourself cry if you want to be an actress.' So I turned my head away, and when I turned it back I was in floods of tears.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.

I appreciate the power of a White House bully pulpit - but kids listen and learn primarily from other kids. If your son's friend tells him that the apple is better than the fries, he's more likely to listen.

I remembered moving from Sacramento to Los Angeles with my mum when I was seven and my sister was three or four.

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

I remember taking my stabilisers off my bike with my dad in the back garden. It was a small little bike, and it was called Poppy, had balloons on it, and was purple.

As a kid, I didn't even know what non-vegetarian food is because we never had it prepared in our house.

I try to stay away from high sodium and high sugar.

I'm gluten-free, dairy-free, and I try to keep a low-sugar diet, although from time to time, I'll have a bite of cake - you know, I'm human.

When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.

I think Weetabix and full-fat milk is what it is all about.

I don't have a strict diet where I have to eat 100g of this, 200g of that, but before, I had a problem with sweet things, so I cut them out completely.

I was three years old. I had a go-kart that my dad had on a leash so I would not go too quick.

I think that 'Cry Baby' came from a nickname I was called as a kid.

When it came to healthy eating, my parents did their best to set me on the right path. At school, my friends ate McDonalds at lunchtime, but I had a packed lunch that my mother made for me. I hated it at the time, but looking back, I'm glad.

I eat tall, chinny, Eastern European heavyweights for breakfast.

I try not to eat anything which is too fat, and I can't eat anything which is too sweet.

Restrictiveness is not synonymous with food.

As a kid, I would have 6-7 muffins with milk for breakfast.

I try to always eat a balanced diet. I never try to change it too much.

Having lived in America and France, I've been on both sides of the picky-eating divide.

Eating a natural diet with loads of fresh fruit and veg and little processed food helps me manage the symptoms of my illness.

My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.

I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.