25 March 2011

Andy Schlafly should note this

This is interesting. Researchers have shown* that religious attendence is correlated with obesity. Negatively.
The study included 2,433 younger men and women who were part of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study and were followed for 18 years. Religious participation ranged from high (once a week or more), medium (regularly but not weekly), low (rarely) and none. Young adults age 20 to 32 who were on the high end of religious involvement were 50% more likely to be obese by the time they hit middle age compared with those in the "none" category. This was true even after researchers adjusted for sex, age, race, education, income and the participants' body mass index at the start of the study.
Hmm. This seems to be in direct opposition to what Conservapaediacs have been crowing about. I anxiously await an ammenment to their entry.

*This was a presentation at a conference, not yet a published peer-reviewed study.

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