It's terrible, the way obese children and adults are treated in this country [USA]. And I'm not leaving this Earth until that is changed.

Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.

For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.

I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.

I give people permission to be kids again.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. Knowing what I now know, I'd turn to me.

Everyone in Senate is a hurdle, but everyone in there has children. Everyone in there has grandchildren. No one wants to see our kids continue to gain weight, have high blood pressure high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression.