We read in the scriptures how our GOD does not like those who practice gluttony. According to the proverbs and the prophet Ezekiel it says; If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat! (Proverbs 23:2) The crimes of your sister S’dom were pride and gluttony; she and her daughters were careless and complacent, so that they did nothing to help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49, CJB) Sharon

A recent British study reports, “About a fifth of all adults around the world and a third of those in the UK will be obese by 2025” (The Guardian, April 1, 2016). With obesity comes a host of health-related issues: diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, joint problems, cancer, shortened life span. According to the study, “The English speaking world is particularly badly affected… Almost a fifth of the world’s obese adults… live in just six high-income English-speaking countries—Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US” (ibid.).

Long ago, God told the Israelite people they would be blessed if they obeyed His laws, but disobedience would bring consequences: “if you do not obey the voice of the LORD… The LORD will make the plague cling to you… The LORD will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation… The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed” (Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 15, 21-22, 27). Few today understand the biblical injunction that we are to glorify God in our bodies” by obeying the physical laws that promote health.

source: TW