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== Reason Rally 2012 Attendees weight management practices compared to African gospel crusade attendees ==

== Reason Rally 2012 Attendees weight management practices compared to African gospel crusade attendees ==

[[File:African open air Christian meeting.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Africa]]n Christians clapping at an open air meeting.  

[[File:African open air Christian meeting.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Africa]]n Christians clapping at an open-air meeting.  

In 2005, there were four times as many non-[[Western World]] Christians as there were Western World Christians.<ref name="wnd.com">[http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077 Is Christianity taking over the planet?]</ref>

In 2005, there were four times as many non-[[Western World]] Christians as there were Western World Christians.<ref name="wnd.com">[http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077 Is Christianity taking over the planet?]</ref>

*[https://pmaurer7.wordpress.com/2014/09/ CfaN Burundi, Africa gospel crusade… part 2]</ref>  According to [[medical science]], excess weight/obesity poses [[Physical and mental health related problems associated with obesity|serious health risks]].   

*[https://pmaurer7.wordpress.com/2014/09/ CfaN Burundi, Africa gospel crusade… part 2]</ref>  According to [[medical science]], excess weight/obesity poses [[Physical and mental health related problems associated with obesity|serious health risks]].   

The traditional [[Africa]]n diet is healthier than many [[Western World]] invividuals' diets and Africa has some of the lowest obesity rates in the world.<ref name="World's fattest countries"/><ref name="todaysdietitian.com"/> In recent years, [[Christianity]] has seen a rapid growth in Africa.<ref name="gratefultothedead.wordpress.com"/>  In 2005, there were four times as many non-[[Western World]] Christians as there were Western World Christians.<ref name="wnd.com"/>

The traditional African diet is healthier than many [[Western World]] invividuals' diets and Africa has some of the lowest obesity rates in the world.<ref name="World's fattest countries"/><ref name="todaysdietitian.com"/> In recent years, [[Christianity]] has seen a rapid growth in Africa.<ref name="gratefultothedead.wordpress.com"/>  In 2005, there were four times as many non-[[Western World]] Christians as there were Western World Christians.<ref name="wnd.com"/>

In the journal article ''Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications'', psychologists McCullough and Willoughby theorize that many of the positive links of religiousness with health and social behavior may be caused by religion's beneficial influences on [[self-control]]/self-regulation.<ref>[http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Papers/Relig_self_control_bulletin.pdf Religion, Self-Regulation, and Self-Control: Associations, Explanations, and Implications]</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19210054</ref> Furthermore, a 2012 Queen's University study published in ''Psychological Science'' found that religion replenishes self-control.<ref>

In the journal article ''Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications'', psychologists McCullough and Willoughby theorize that many of the positive links of religiousness with health and social behavior may be caused by religion's beneficial influences on [[self-control]]/self-regulation.<ref>[http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Papers/Relig_self_control_bulletin.pdf Religion, Self-Regulation, and Self-Control: Associations, Explanations, and Implications]</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19210054</ref> Furthermore, a 2012 Queen's University study published in ''Psychological Science'' found that religion replenishes self-control.<ref>