1650: Meir J. Stampfer
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/02/22
“We estimate more than 100,000 heart attacks will be prevented each year…”
“Those 100,000 people won’t realize they’ve avoided a heart attack…”
“Prevention does not get much attention in the public eye…”
“There is so much great-tasting food, and it’s abundant and in your face all the time.”
“Even active people who exercise a lot aren’t expending the calories their ancestors did.”
“If you put people into a locked metabolic ward…they will lose weight.”
“Many diets are a radical shift from what people normally eat, and this is not sustainable.”
“Even today…people still think that eating fat makes them fat, and they try to find low-fat products.”
“Eating fat doesn’t make you fat.”
“Adopt a healthy diet, and eat just a little bit less.”
“For most people, long-term weight control is hard without some physical activity.”
“I’m a strong advocate of not just aerobic activity but also weight training and calisthenics.”
“The scientific evidence to my eye is meager, but I like the concept.”
“We’ve all had that experience of eating… and not even remembering having eaten it.”
“The study shows quite clearly the risk” associated with being overweight.
“That these are risk factors is ‘old news,’”
“The new part is putting it all together and quantifying the benefits.”
“Over 80% of these heart attacks could be prevented.”
“People [think] that ‘fat is bad’ and ‘low-fat’ is healthy,”
“It’s not that simple.”
“If you do that, you’re robbing obesity of the way it works to raise risk,”
“Women should not be complacent about being overweight…”
“I think physicians could do more,”
“Societal pressures don’t seem to be working very well.”
“However, we observed a significant increase in risk of cardiovascular disease…among occasional snorers…”
“If you look at brain cancer…there’s no suggestion at all of any increase in rates,”
“In science, unlike math, we can’t have absolute certainty…”
“…this is not a health risk I would be concerned about at all.”
“We’ve still got some of last year’s candy in the freezer,”
“I wouldn’t want to give anyone the impression…saturated fat is good for you,”
“We still want people to eat a low saturated fat diet.”
“As a PhD scientist…you really need to understand the clinical issues,”
“I have never discussed beer’s health benefits specifically, and do not propose to do so,”
“There are dozens and dozens of studies showing that individuals with moderate levels of alcohol consumption have lower rates of heart disease…”
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