Re:Poor New Yorkers Tend to Live Longer Than Other Poor Amer...
by zhemao on Monday April 11, 2016 @02:06PM
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The strict dietary laws make their diet less healthy, generally. Orthodox Jews have a very restricted diet which is heavy on starch and fat. When you can't eat fresh fruit or vegetables because of the possibility of accidentally consuming insects, your diet isn't going to be the healthiest.
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Re:Poor New Yorkers Tend to Live Longer Than Other Poor Amer...
by eric_h on Monday April 11, 2016 @06:12PM
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Agreed, and I would also suggest that the number of strictly observant jews is a small fraction of the New York population that identify as jewish and would be counted as such in a survey