Progress in the basic science of obesity and nutrition could be accelerated by increased rigor and funding.

“i think that on the basic science we're making progress we could make better progress if we tightened up the rigor of our science we could make better progress if we had more funding and many groups including the national academy of sciences and i'm on a strategic council to increase the rigor of science all of science not just obesity nutrition but we're making progress we know so much more about genes and physiology and metabolism and cells with respect to obesity and nutrition than we knew 20 30 40 years ago”