Fat, drunk, & lazy: 4 out of 5 Brits are overeating, binge drinking, not exercising enough

Fat, drunk, & lazy: 4 out of 5 Brits are overeating, binge drinking, not exercising enough

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Britain has long been in trouble...this is yet another bad sign

Four in every five British adults are now “overweight, lazy or drink too much,” risking developing heart conditions, diabetes, and cancer, new figures show.

Public Health England (PHE) warned this week that middle aged people in Britain are damaging their health through lack of exercise and too much alcohol consumption, often derived from worrying about work and family.

Gluttony and the Seven Deadly Sins

Kimberly Winston 

The seven deadly sins (Credit: Pieter Bruegel, Wikimedia Commons.)

Nothing says Thanksgiving like turkey, gravy and cranberries spilling over festive tables. But as we prepare to indulge in a sumptuous feast, a little reminder of why gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins and what the holiday is really about.

On Thursday, millions of Americans will gorge on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and pumpkin pie. Many of us will try not to make total gluttons of ourselves, as that is generally frowned upon. But why?
Sure, overeating leads to fat, but there’s a strain of Christian thought that says it also leads to a whole lot of other no-no’s such as lust, greed and anger. What is gluttony? Why is it considered one of the “Seven Deadly Sins” warned against by the Catholic Church for more than a millennium? How can gluttony - and its six brother “sins” - not only prevent us from enjoying the holiday but threaten our spiritual lives? Let us ’Splain …