quotable quotes - December 2007
"No matter what, you would be hard-pressed to be on this planet without having diabetes affect your life."
-Dr. Fran Kaufman, explaining that everybody is the target audience of her World Diabetes Day documentary, because everybody is affected, directly or indirectly, by diabetes. See our complete interview with Dr. Kaufman in this issue's diaTribe dialogue.
"In Sub-Saharan Africa, [in] a country like Mali, you live less than a year if you're a child and you're diagnosed with diabetes."
-Dr. Fran Kaufman discussing her recent multi-continent trip, which was covered by Discovery Health.
"World Diabetes Day in New York and at the UN was phenomenal. What an experience to see the world come together in blue and to recognize the effect that diabetes has on people across the globe."
-Dr. Fran Kaufman, when asked to describe her overall reaction to World Diabetes Day.
"I want to see you bouncing in your seat."
-Dr. Richard Atkinson, pointing out that people can burn up to 850 calories per day by fidgeting.
"They have less than 4 percent body fat - they are the Arnold Schwarzenegger's of the rat world."
-Amylin CEO Daniel M. Bradbury, speaking recently on the efficacy of combination weight loss drugs (pramlintide, leptin, and PYY (3-36)) when tested in animals.
