Did 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.
> 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.
It's hard to be overweight when you are starving.
I can't imagine the thought process that would generate this comment. Could you elaborate a little more? I'm genuinely curious.
Mormons throw a wrench in this theory. Utah is the #7 fittest state, and people don't drink, smoke cigarettes or smoke weed.
Maybe they get their kicks in the beautiful nature around Utah?
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.