Robert Eckel Quotes

The important message from this study is, let's work on prevention. Let's work with young people to prevent that increase in body fat. - Robert Eckel

The findings are of modest changes in certain cardiovascular disease risk factors. This should not do anything to coffee-consumption patterns... An explanation is lacking. There is a need for validation and better understanding of the mechanisms at play, in that order. - Robert Eckel

The dome is a shelter. It's not a home. We don't want it to turn into a refugee camp. - Robert Eckels

That's based on a lot of scientific evidence that suggests that people who consume at least one, preferably two, servings of fish a week have reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease and stroke. - Robert Eckel

That means... that dietary cholesterol may increase the risk of heart disease by a mechanism that we do not yet understand. - Robert Eckel

It appears that the officials there have been overwhelmed by the magnitude of this disaster. - Robert Eckels

If you're overweight, you basically live three years less ... and if you're obese, you live approximately six to seven years less. - Robert Eckel

If this observation is confirmed, I can see a scenario where a physician does genetic testing and says 'Mrs. Jones, you have (this genetic variation) and you don't drink much. Maybe we ought to increase your consumption. - Robert Eckel

Identifying the egg as the source of other nutrients is meritorious... But dietary cholesterol is not necessary for health and we certainly don't want to add a potentially injurious substance at unlimited levels. - Robert Eckel

Houston is not a good shelter city, even if the hotels were not filled. But we have people from New Orleans and the mid-Gulf Coast. They have filled our hotel rooms and may have to leave. - Robert Eckels

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