Reminder for myself

"When a man is always mindful,
Knowing moderation in the food he eats,
His ailments then diminish:
He ages slowly, guarding his life."

SN 3.13, translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi

It is very nice and gives a personal note to the Buddha seeing him not only teaching people the Dhamma in order to attain Nibbana, but also to deal with very ordinary every day issues, like overweight!

Read the interesting and humorous story of overweight king Pasenadi coming to visit the Buddha, "huffing and puffing", after having eaten a "bucket measure of rice and curries" (Bhikkhu Bodhi), and the cure the Buddha prescribes to him.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/…/sn03.013.wlsh.html