No, you do not have to turn from sin to be saved, but a genuinely born again child of God will exhibit evidence of salvation including a
gradual change of
lifestyle resulting
in a transformed life and personality.
Average long - term weight gain
in nonobese populations is
gradual —
in the cohorts we studied, about 0.8 lb per year — but accumulated over time, even modest increases
in weight have implications for long - term adiposity - related metabolic dysfunction, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.21 - 24 Whereas weight
changes associated with any single
lifestyle factor were relatively modest
in our three cohorts,
in the aggregate,
changes in diet and physical activity accounted for large differences
in weight gain.