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Look at american religious groups such as Mormons or Seventh Day Adventists. You could even go even further and look at the health effects of people who have le
by stevejb 8y ago
Look at american religious groups such as Mormons or Seventh Day Adventists. You could even go even further and look at the health effects of people who have left those religions and began drinking afterwards, compared to their siblings who stayed in. It would be near impossible to get this data, but you could even do a twin study on this. This would essentially isolate the effects of alcohol, as otherwise the lifestyles are nearly idential in terms of anything that would relate to physical health.
- psergeant 8y agoI wonder if comparing different populations in Utah and adjusting for % mormon would work? Provo vs SLC for example
- icebraining 8y agothe lifestyles are nearly idential in terms of anything that would relate to physical health Well, that's begging the question; how do we know that the other differences don't relate to physical health if we must do comparative studies to know if one difference (alcohol consumption) does?
- adrianN 8y agoI imagine leaving the Mormons has some effect on your health. Social connections and stress are pretty important.
- whatyoucantsay 8y agoSeventh Day Adventists are also vegetarian, which almost certainly has health implications of some sort.