"Seven out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic diseases, and more than 75% of…

"Seven out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic diseases, and more than 75% of health care costs are spent treating conditions that are preventable… There's so much more we could be doing , especially in the area of nutrition, to prevent these diseases from ever occurring verses treating them after the fact."

-Tommy Thompson, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services