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Sermon Illustrations: Food

Obesity accounts for 280,000 deaths each year in the U.S. alone. If current trends continue, the battle of the bulge will overtake smoking as the primary cause of preventable death. Time 19th January, 2004, p94

New York's Cookie Jarvis, a 185-kilo 36-year-old, is the top ranked eater for the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). He has eaten 94 chicken wings in 12 minutes, 91 Chinese dumplings in 8 minutes, 4 litres of vanilla ice cream in 12 minutes, 2.1 kilos of pork ribs in 12 minutes, 2.7 kilos of ham and potatoes in 12 minutes. Australian Reader's Digest May 2004 p18

If you ever find yourself dining with a family in the South African kingdom of Lesotho, you'd better have a taste for eyeballs - that is, if you're the male head of a household. Tradition requires the host to honour your family in a truly special way; with the cooked head of a sheep. Everyone will be served the feast, but only you will be presented with the eyes. A sheep's head is a big deal in Lesotho, where most people don't often get to enjoy meat. When they do, they like it rich and fatty, and eat it right down to the offal. Presenting the crowning part of so prized a meal to a guest is no small gesture. Time 28-6-04 p 54

Every year, Australians throw away 3.3 million tonnes of food - a quarter of the nation's tucker [food] supplies. Reader's Digest July 2005 p 16

Fish and chips has been voted Britain's favourite food of all time, beating roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast lamb and mint sauce, and bangers and mash. Reader's Digest May 2006 p 18

Fellowship and food and the presence of God are closely related. "So they saw God, and they ate and drank." (Ex 24:11)

Never eat more than you can lift. Miss Piggy

More than 40% of kids skip breakfast at least one school day every week, claiming they have no time to eat, are too tired or can't be bothered. Reader's Digest June 2009, p 20

Some women were meeting together in a weight-loss group. An older woman was losing lots of weight and was asked by one of the younger women how she did it. "Easy," she replied. "I just take my teeth out every evening at six."