Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.

I used to have a potbelly pig named Terrance. He died of obesity.

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.

I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America.

I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.

If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.

Obesity affects every aspect of a people's lives, from health to relationships.

There are definitions of morbid obesity. Doctors define it.

In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.

The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

I considered obesity a disease. It can destroy you from within. It almost destroyed me, and I do not want that to happen to anybody.

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

I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.

Sugary drinks are blamed for increasing the rates of chronic disease and obesity in America. Yet efforts to reduce their consumption through taxes or other measures have gone nowhere. The beverage industry has spent millions defeating them.

As an anti-hunger advocate, I found the perplexity of the obesity problem and the hunger problem existing side-by-side in our increasingly global food system begged further investigation.

Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers.

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sorts of related diseases to profit from.

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