Food is beyond a necessity; it’s also a commodity, and it has been reformulated to be an addictive substance. (Location 74)
Note: Food addiction
Obesity is not a behavioral aberration, a character flaw, or an error of commission. (Location 103)
Note: Obesity is...
In order to pull ourselves out of this ditch, we have to understand how we drove into it. (Location 108)
Note: Understanding the problem first
(the fruit is good, the juice is bad). (Location 141)
Note: Juice is bad
Being thin is not a safeguard against metabolic disease or early death. (Location 204)
Note: Being thin
Our society continues to glorify thinness even though it appears to be less achievable every year. (Location 281)
Note: Thinness
The real problem is not in losing the weight but in keeping it off for any meaningful length of time. (Location 485)
Note: Real problem