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[[Image:Gluttony, Jacob Matham.png|thumb|right|120px|A personification of gluttony.]]

[[Image:Gluttony, Jacob Matham.png|thumb|right|120px|A personification of gluttony.]]

'''Gluttony''' is the inability to resist one's [[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).

'''Gluttony''' is the inability to resist one's [[appetite]].  According to the [[Bible]], gluttony is a [[sin]].<ref>[http://www.openbible.info/topics/gluttony Bible verses on gluttony]</ref>  In addition, according to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] theology, gluttony 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. Gluttony is the primary cause for the [[obesity]] crisis in [[America]].

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]].