Jamie Oliver Quotes

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.

I don't have slim children. I have hearty ones.

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.

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.

Once you start losing weight and seeing results, you're like, 'I want to see more!'

If we get kids eating right, we could decrease cancer rates by 90 percent.

Each season I find myself constantly inspired by 'The Biggest Loser' contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new, healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives.

Childhood nutrition and healthy eating is a cause that is extremely close to my heart.

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

One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to make the right choices. When you feel defeated about your weight and your health, like there's no hope, and you still make the choice to fight for it, to make the change happen no matter what people say or think, that's inspiring to me.

I don't drink much soda; I don't buy Big Gulps, and my body mass index is right where it should be.

Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.

Michelle Obama. She is big on encouraging kids to eat healthy - which is great.

Let's face it, we really did need something like this in this country to fight childhood obesity.

Information, if viewed from the point of view of food, is never a production issue. ... It's a consumption issue, and we have to start thinking about how we create diets [and] exercise.

There is no fountain of youth, What you put into your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your dog a coffee and doughnut for breakfast followed by a cigarette. You will kill the damn dog.

One reason we planted the White House vegetable garden was to set an example about what food can mean, but to also begin a broader conversation about how we're feeding our kids, what they know about the food that they eat, how they're taking care of themselves.

Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods.

Regardless of anyone’s dietary motivations, the healthiest lifestyle is the one that’s most compassionate.

If kids grow kale, kids eat kale. If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. But when none of this is presented to them, if they're not shown how food affects the mind and the body, they blindly eat whatever you put in front of them.

Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.

While the political right may moralize sex, the political left is doing it with food. Food is becoming extremely moralized nowadays, and a lot of it is ideas about purity, about what you're willing to touch, or put into your body.

If it tastes good, spit it out. All those cakes and pies and candy and ice cream -- all that terrible fast food stuff! I just bought a new corvette sports car ... would I put oil in the gas tank? Would I?

What an extraordinary achievement for a civilization: to have developed the one diet that reliably makes its people sick!

My main thing is not eating processed food.