Fat – it’s in all the food we love to eat. There’s nothing that tastes quite so good. Dr Saleyha Ahsan, The Truth About Fat, BBC 2015
Is it really as harmful as we believe? ibid.
When we eat fat when happens inside us? ... Living without fat will affect their body and mind in unusual ways. ibid.
We’re hardwired to love fat. ibid.
Each tree
Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th’ eye
Tempting, stirr’d in me sudden appetite
To pluck and eat. John Milton, Paradise Lost VIII:30
I eat therefore I hunt. Sarah Palin
A recent survey of North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey. Banksy
I can’t eat that. And the kids round my block that grew up with me they can’t eat it. The kids that are going to grow up after them they can’t eat ... gold medals. John Carlos, BBC interview
A 35-year-old Austrian man, hungry for a snack, hacked off his toes on his left foot, fried them, and ate them between two slices of bread – because he could find nothing else to eat! Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006
I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches – white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat French fries cooked in beef dripping. Helen Fielding
Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates. Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
Two cannibals were eating a clown – one said to the other, ‘Does he taste funny to you?’ Tommy Cooper
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. Adelle David, 1904-1974
What is patriotism but love of the good things we ate in our childhood? Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
You’re eating a handtowel. Spy 2015 starring Jude Law & Raad Rawi & Melissa McCarthy & Jessica Chaffin & Miranda Hart & Sam Richardson & Rose Byrne & Richard Brake & Katie Dippold & Jaime Pacheco & Romain Apelbaum & Jason Statham, him to her in restaurant
Indians do not eat monkey brains. And if they do, sign me up. The Office US s3e6: Diwali, Michael, NBC 2006
This woman is eating herself out of house and home. Quite literally. We all eat things we shouldn’t. But not like this. Some people are eating the inedible. And risking their lives. It’s driven by compulsion. But can anything be done to help them deal with their cravings? Pica Syndrome: The Woman Who Ate a House, Channel 5 2017
Pica – a compulsion to eat anything that’s not food. ibid.
51-year-old Nina eats old books – she likes their smell … up to seven books a day. ibid.
In Scotland 6-year-old Charlotte’s Pica drives her to eat everything from carpets to rubbers. So every morning starts with a room inspection to check she’s not eaten anything dangerous. ibid.
I’m Nigel Owens. I’m an international rugby referee. You might know me for my no-nonsense approach on the pitch. But what you might not know is I’ve had the eating disorder Bulimia for more than twenty-years. Tonight on Panorama we reveal the growing number of men and boys battling eating disorders. Panorama: Men, Boys & Eating Disorders, BBC 2017
It’s estimated around 1.6 million people in the UK have an eating disorder and 400,000 of those are thought to be men. ibid.
Male elite athletes are sixteen times more likely to develop an eating disorder than non-athletes. ibid.
During lockdown we changed the way we think about food. Supermarkets struggle and eating out was ruled out … Five months into the crisis, we’ve got new habits … Have we changed the way we eat? Panorama: Has Lockdown Changed the Way We Eat?, BBC 2020
We are still buying more groceries than before. ibid.
Staff across the whole of the food industry have been on the front line throughout the pandemic. ibid.
Throughout my sporting career I was harbouring a secret: an eating disorder I now believe started as anorexia later developing into bulimia. And I am not the only one in sport to have gone through this. Panorama: Sport’s Hidden Crisis, BBC 2020, Colin Jackson reporting
Tonight: Bulging Britain. How to stop your the yo-yo diet cycle. Is the government doing enough for the overweight? How long it takes to burn off the bad stuff … The UK is now the fattest nation in western Europe. Tonight: Eat Yourself Healthy, ITV 2018
One in four of us is now obese. ibid.
Bulging Britain: is the diet industry causing confusion? What advice should we follow? And how simple should it be to lose weight? … One in four Britons is now obese. Tonight: Fighting Fat: Back to Basics, ITV 2018
Which one [diet] do you choose? ibid.
How what you eat affects the way you age. So which diet is best? How to pick healthy choices. And by eating well, can we turn around some of our health problems? Tonight: How to Age Well: Your Food, ITV 2023
I mean nobody wants to admit they eat nine cans of ravioli. Trailer Park Boys s5e6: Don’t’ Cross the Shitline, Ricky
I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli. George H W Bush
You’re eating a hand-towel. Spy 2015 starring Jude Law & Raad Rawi & Melissa McCarthy & Jessica Chaffin & Miranda Hart & Sam Richardson & Rose Byrne & Richard Brake & Katie Dippold & Jaime Pacheco & Romain Apelbaum & Jason Statham et al, him to her in restaurant
What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity. William S Burroughs