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'''Gluttony''' is the inability to control one's appetite, and is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Today it is most associated with overeating, but in Medieval times, drunkenness was considered a prominent form of gluttony (this might explain why the punishment for gluttons in [[Dante's Inferno]] is eternal rain).

'''Gluttony''' is the inability to resist one's irrepressable [[appetite]], and is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Today it is most associated with overeating, but in Medieval times, [[drunk]]enness was considered a prominent form of gluttony (this might explain why the punishment for gluttons in [[Dante's Inferno]] is eternal rain).

In modern times, the categorisation of alcohol abuse as gluttony could also be extended to encompass [[addiction]] to [[drugs]] as well.

In modern times, the categorisation of [[alcohol abuse]] as gluttony could also be extended to encompass [[addiction]] to [[drugs]] as well. Gluttony is the primary cause for the [[obesity]] crisis in [[America]].