- The best diet is the one you don't know you're on. ("Mindless Eating," Bantam 2006)
- Most of us don't overeat because we're hungry. We overeat because of family and friends, packages and plates, names and numbers, labels and lights, colors and candles, shapes and smells, distractions and distances, cupboards and containers. ("Mindless Eating," Bantam 2006)
- Twenty years of my research can be summarized in saying "People's tastes are not formed by accident." We are a nation of mindless eaters. The solution to mindless eating is not mindful eating, it is rearranging our environment -- our homes and kitchens -- so we mindlessly eat a little less than mindlessly eating more than we want. ("Mindless Eating," Bantam 2006)
- Most people believe they are Master and Commander of their food choices. But they can make small changes that can put them back in the driver's seat. Small changes in your kitchens and routines will make all the difference with no real sacrifice. ("Mindless Eating," Bantam 2006)
- Monday is the most popular day for starting a diet. Tuesday's the most popular day to end it. (MSNBC Health Blog 2007)
- Do food companies put ingredients in their food that they know we will eat and love? Absolutely - they are guilty as charged. So is your grandmother. ("Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think" Bantam-Dell, 2006)
- Most super models are not posing for the camera or walking the fashion runways. The real super models are the moms and dads who are modeling lifestyles that will be reflected by their sons and daughters. (USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion press release, January 31, 2008)
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