*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139122 Traditional non-Western diets]</ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139122 Traditional non-Western diets]</ref>
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If the atheist community truly believed in [[Evidence-based medicine|evidence-based medicine]], a significant amount of prominent atheists would not be overweight. There is no historical evidence suggesting that [[Jesus]] or his disciples were overweight.
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If the atheist community truly believed in [[Evidence-based medicine|evidence-based medicine]], a significant amount of prominent atheists would not be overweight. There is no historical evidence suggesting that [[Jesus]] or his disciples were overweight.
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Also, in a 1991 [[BMJ]] (formerly called the British Medical Journal) article, Richard Smith (editor of BMJ at the time) wrote: "There are 30,000 biomedical journals in the world...Yet only about 15% of medical interventions are supported by solid scientific evidence, [[David Eddy]] professor of health policy and management at [[Duke University]], told a conference in Manchester last week. This is partly because only 1% of the articles in medical journals are scientifically sound and partly because many treatments have never been assessed at all."<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1932964&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_docsum]</ref>
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=== Atheism, evolutionism and obesity ===
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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines biology as "a branch of knowledge that deals with organisms and vital processes."<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biology</ref> One of the most basic vital processes relating to human biology is eating. Given that overweight atheists typically champion [[evolution]]ary [[pseudoscience]], it is not surprising that many have not mastered regulating their daily food intake.