This powerful illustration is from A New Kind Of Human by Gavin Nascimento. Great artists are always messengers of the truth, they can communicate particular deep thoughts and feelings without using words. Mister Nascimento believes art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. The Artist took the most recognizable fast food icon of all time and turned him into a devilish clown creature. He symbolized French fries as the root of all evil and placed a morbidly obese monster in the setting of the Michelangelo’s Sistine chapel hand of god masterpiece to represent modern man. Some people would think this is going too far to illustrate a point of view, but it speaks volumes about this world we live in and one of our favorite seven deadly sins or cardinal sins, which is a grouping …show more content…
Gluttony meaning is the overindulgence and overconsumption of anything to the point of waste. In Christianity, it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for food causes it to be withheld from the needy. Gluttony not limited to food. Some people cannot have enough toys, television, entertainment, sex, or company, an excess of anything (Aranha, 2017). Obesity in America is out of control. There are many complex conditions to consider when discussing the influences that create the problem. Whether the factors are biological, genetic, behavioral, social, cultural, or environmental it is rapidly growing to an epidemic. Obesity is caused by the increase in the size and the amount of fat cells in the body. Doctors measure body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference to screen and diagnose overweight and obesity. Obesity is a serious medical condition that can cause complications such as metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure,