Why is it immoral to be obese?

The obese who read and post in |Big Fat Blog| (!!??!?, yes I know!) seem unable to understand why so many of us consider it immoral to be obese.
To help them understand, we list some of the reasons:

'Ethical/spiritual'-type reasons:

1. In a world where so many suffer from hunger, it is immoral overindulge.
2. In a word with so much suffering from diseases like cancer, it is immoral to intentionally destroy one's health.
3. While it may not be immoral to kill animals in order to survive, it is certainly immoral to needlessly cause the slaughter of animals simply to allow for one's overindulgences (of course this does not apply to obese vegetarians).
4. Obesity is a form of suicide.
5. Obesity is one manifestation of a lack of self-control.
   
6. Gluttony is a deadly sin (if you are a Christian).
   
7. The Bible states that we should take care of our bodies ('the body is our temple') and strive to make them to be in God's image (again, if you are a Christian).
8. Jesus was healthy and not obese, He only ate in moderation (again, if you are a Christian).
9. The obese have no sense of modesty (anymore). They wear too-tight cloths and so expose the 'shape' (or lack thereof) of their poor bodies.
10. Obesity breeds obesity (i.e. obese parents are a horrible role model for their poor children, who oftentimes will end up obese to morbidly obese themselves). Here is a |link| to a study which shows that fat also spawns fat within your own body, eeeeew.
    

Practical reasons:

1. The obese cost the healthy much money.
2. The obese take away medical resources from those who are sick due to involuntary diseases (cancer, Alzheimer, etc.). With resources we mean both doctor's time, hospital beds etc., as well as research time, effort and money. If only all the money and time spent on obesity research could be spent on cancer!
   
3. The obese causes problems for medical personnel (poor nurses have to lift 200-plus-pound-obese; no wonder so many of our medical personnel have back and knee problems).
4. The obese is usually not considerate of others and oftentimes destroys furniture, clogs toilets, and smells bad (for an example read this |poor lady's story|).
5. Due to their enormous appetites and huge bodies they (the obese) are partially responsible for global warming and increased gas consumption.
6. Many obese are bullies (especially since they became the majority and not ashamed anymore).
   

I sincerely hope that we can help the obese to become slim, healthy, and happy!

~~ Yours in a healthy body and a healthy mind, Heather. ~~~