Back in 2004 there was a big study that found low rates of obesity in a small Amish community http://allaviacad.com/My%20Documents/College/Fitness/bassett_2004.pdf …
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Almost immediately, people who studied other Amish communities said WTF the Amish are hella fat http://medschool.umaryland.edu/Departments/Department-of-Medicine/Division-of-Endocrinology,-Diabetes-and-Nutrition/Amish-Studies/docs/Snitker-MSSE-BMI-in-the-OOA-2004-Letter.asp …
(and among other things, the average age in the original sample was 33, and n=98)
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Now when people study the Amish they have to SUPER bury the lede that the Amish are fat http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3625537/pdf/nihms-459202.pdf …pic.twitter.com/VD3hvVR6TG
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Assumption was that physical activity keeps them thin but obese Amish men took more steps/day than thin non-Amishpic.twitter.com/9QclsZ4rYs
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Another sample of Amish, cf. average US BMIs by age gruoppic.twitter.com/vkfd5UFNwt
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I wish there were time trends! Would be fascinating to see if Amish obesity lags the overall trend at all.
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