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•8 out of 10 people over 25 are overweight.
•More than 60% of Americans are overweight or obese.
•The number of overweight Americans has doubled since 1980. The number of overweight adolescents has tripled.
•Obesity is 2nd only to smoking as the top preventable cause of death. If things continue as is, obesity will overtake smoking as number one.
•78% of Americans are not meeting basic level activity recommendations.
•EVERY BODY ENDS UP SOMEWHERE.
•FEW BODIES END UP SOMEWHERE ON PURPOSE.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit… Therefore honor God with your body.
…The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL QUESTIONS
1)HOW WILL YOU FEED YOUR BODY?
…No one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church…
Smaller portions
Water, not soft drinks
Healthy choices
Limited sweets
Healthy snacks

2)HOW WILL YOU CARE FOR YOUR BODY?
…No one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church…
REGULAR CHECKUPS.
Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick…’
CONSISTENT EXERCISE.
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
DEFEAT ADDICTIONS.
Everything is permissible for me-but not everything is beneficial… I will not be mastered by anything.
LDP Application
1)How will you improve your eating? Be specific!
2)How will you care for your body? Make a specific commitment:

I will go to the doctor for this ____________, by __________ (date).

My commitment to exercise includes:
With God’s help, I will do this ____________________ to overcome this addiction: _______________.
3)Who from your LDP group will hold you accountable?