Grace Today Dieters
Grace Today Dieters is a support website for Christian dieters.
Category: Society & culture
Thin Within
Thin Within is a Christian-based weight loss program established in 1975 with groups nationwide. It is based in Louisville, Ky.
“Fat in church”
Read a Jan. 4, 2013, article about the obesity epidemic in American churches.
“Religion and Obesity; Report Associates Religious Activity With Weight Gain”
Read a Nov. 10, 2011, article from the Huffington Post about the results of a study that showed a correlation between religious involvement and weight gain.
“Praise the lard? Study links religion to obesity in young adults”
Read a March 25, 2011, article from NBC News about the link between attending religious events and obesity in young adults.
“On deciphering a potluck: The social meaning of church socials”
Visit the website of the Material History of American Religion Project to read a paper by Daniel Sack on the meanings behind the church potluck supper. See also an interview with Sack about his book, Whitebread Protestants.
“The Fat Epidemic”
Read a series of articles on obesity published by The New York Times in 2000.
“Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates”
A 2009 survey found that medical costs associated with obesity were $147 billion–up from $75 billion in 2003.
CDC: Overweight and Obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains a website charting overweight and obesity trends in the United States among adults and children from 1985 to the present.