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A few years ago, the thought occurred to me that a lot of christians are overweight, and I came up with hypothesis: since many indulgences are considered by man
by calebm 9y ago
A few years ago, the thought occurred to me that a lot of christians are overweight, and I came up with hypothesis: since many indulgences are considered by many as forbidden, the remaining indulgence of food might tend to be overused. I focused on alcohol, since many christians (especially in the south) think it's sinful to drink alcohol. I looked up maps of alcohol use and maps of obesity. I didn't do the work to combine them, but looking at the maps side-by-side, it appears my hypothesis may be correct: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s5/sh/18dbb20c-29bb-412d-8d5d-f146153253df/738b00740091218b https://www.evernote.com/shard/s5/sh/18dbb20c-29bb-412d-8d5d....
My hypothesis for pot would be the same - pot smokers may be less tempted to eat food all the time since they're getting their kicks from pot.
- pcurve 9y agothat is quite striking. very strong correlation except Utah.
- slededit 9y ago> A few years ago, the thought occurred to me that a lot of christians are overweight Perhaps this is a regional thing? Its certainly not universally true around the world.
- gowld 9y agoDid you also check whether obesity and Christianity have a common cause, such as poverty, low intelligence, or low education? That graph looks quite suspicious -- 26% is rounded down to 0, and 31% is rounded up to 1.
- Psyonic 9y agoMormons throw a wrench in this theory. Utah is the #7 fittest state, and people don't drink, smoke cigarettes or smoke weed.
- calebm 9y agoMaybe they get their kicks in the beautiful nature around Utah?