If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt.

I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.

Homicide is 0.8% of deaths. Diet-related disease is over 60%. But no one talks about it.

When you are trying to move mountains you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you.

I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.

Every kid in every school no matter their background, deserves to learn the basics about food - where it comes from, how to cook it and how it affects their bodies. These life skills are as important as reading and writing, but they've been lost over the past few generations. We need to bring them back and bring up our kids to be streetwise about food.

I hear loads of cynics saying that I'll never be able to change anything. They say that junk food marketing and the ready availability of fast food is just too powerful. But I'd say in response, screw you. I know that most people, if they're really honest, are fed up with the same old rubbish