Jualynne Dodson is a visiting professor at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University in East Lansing. She has written extensively about African-American Christians and food.

The Rev. O.S. Hawkins is president of Dallas-based GuideStone Financial Resources. He has said that taking care of the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit is one of the duties of a Baptist. The top two medical claims paid by the denomination’s health insurance program in 2002 were for obesity-related ailments, including back […]

Prism Weight Loss Program is a Christian program that says it is suitable for nonreligious people as well.

Grace Today Dieters is a support website for Christian dieters.

Thin Within is a Christian-based weight loss program established in 1975 with groups nationwide. It is based in Louisville, Ky.

Read a Jan. 4, 2013, article about the obesity epidemic in American churches.

Read a March 25, 2011, article from NBC News about the link between attending religious events and obesity in young adults.

Mark Henkel of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, is a national polygamy advocate and founder of TruthBearer.org, a non-Mormon organization that promotes Christian polygamy. Contact through the website.

The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture provides educational resources on religions around the world, including each of their different practices, beliefs and histories. It is based in Kolkata, India.