17 Quotes by Cathy Nonas

At the moment, when we do an intervention we do a small intervention and when we're done, we pull out and it can't be sustained. We have to look at this as a public health issue and people haven't been doing that.

There's no more nutritional value in raw sugar than there is in white sugar or brown sugar.

I've always said that vending machines is a start, but nowhere near enough to make a dent, ... This, by itself, is not an effective policy. That's different from saying it shouldn't be done.

After all, you have to take gum out in order to eat.

You're not going to be able to find one thing that is going to be the be-all and end-all in obesity in kids. I don't think any one thing is going to have a strong effect, but if we don't start to do some of these things now, we don't have a chance in hell of reducing obesity.

In diabetes, a healthy weight and physical activity really help improve blood sugars, and the kinds of food you eat and how much (you eat) does, too.

Childhood obesity is a huge systemic problem. It's a pandemic to a certain extent.

A handful of pretzels here and there, sucking on hard candies throughout the day, or even just sampling as you make dinner can add up to more calories than you might think.