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Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to model that behavior for friends and family.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Arena Behavior Change Family Friends Friends And Family Great Great Opportunity Lifestyle Management Means Model Opportunity Permanent Person Provides Really Success Successful Weight

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Many people struggle with losing weight and then regaining it. But there is no convincing evidence that the effort to lose weight actually promotes more weight gain in the long run.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Actually Convincing Effort Evidence Gain Long Long Run Lose Losing Many More People Run Struggle Then Weight

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People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their health insurance or their job.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Afraid Because Breast Cancer Cancer Disease Even Fears Finding Get Health Health Insurance Heart Heart Disease Illness Information Insurance Job Lose Might Out People Position Risk Some Them Though Useful Whether Who

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Patenting tends to get people's juices flowing when you put the word 'gene' and the word 'patent' in the same sentence. And understandably so. This is stuff we're carrying around - all of us - inside all of our cells. Should somebody be able to lay claim to it?

~Francis Collins

Topics: Able Around Carrying Cells Claim Flowing Gene Get Inside Juices Lay Our Patent People Put Same Sentence Should Somebody Stuff Tends Us Word You

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A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it. Nobody should be gaining access to that information without your explicit permission, and nobody should be requiring you to take a genetic test unless you decide that that's what you want to do.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Access Business Cardinal Decide Exceptions Explicit Gaining Genetic Information Must Nobody Permission Principle Requiring Sees Should Stray Take Terms Test Unless Want Who Without You Your

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Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.

~Francis Collins

Topics: Comfort Cool How Important Must Outside Public Really Scientists Show Venture Work Zone

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: April 14th, 1950

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