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|December 28, 2010.  Conservapedia launches its [[Atheism and obesity]] article after a Gallup poll with over 500,000 participants indicated that ""Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious."<ref>http://www.gallup.com/poll/145379/Religious-Americans-Lead-Healthier-Lives.aspx</ref>   
 
|December 28, 2010.  Conservapedia launches its [[Atheism and obesity]] article after a Gallup poll with over 500,000 participants indicated that ""Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious."<ref>http://www.gallup.com/poll/145379/Religious-Americans-Lead-Healthier-Lives.aspx</ref>   
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|Conservapedia gathers social science data and other data indicating that atheism is a causal factor for obesity and being a very religious aids a person in practicing good health habits.
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|Conservapedia gathers social science data and other data indicating that atheism is a causal factor for obesity and being a very religious aids a person in practicing good health habits. See: [[Atheism and obesity]]
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|Proud atheists engage in the [[fallacy of exclusion]] and denialism. Overweight atheist [[Penn Jillette]] gets upset that he is included in the long list of prominent atheists who are overweight/obese in the [[atheism and obesity]] article.
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|Proud atheists engage in the [[fallacy of exclusion]] and denialism. Overweight atheist [[Penn Jillette]] gets upset that he is included in the long list of prominent overweight atheists who are mentioned in the [[atheism and obesity]] article.
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|In 2014, major news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, etc. come out with stories indicating that China (which has the largest atheist population in the world) is facing an obesity epidemic and there are over 300,000,000 overweight individuals in China and China has 120,000,000 child obesity problem. A recent study published in the ''Obesity Reviews'' journal, found that Chinese teenagers' rate of [[diabetes]] was four times that of their [[United States|American]] peers.<ref>[http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-09/14/content_26521029.htm Obesity is a growing concern in China] By Pang Li, China.org.cn, September 14, 2012</ref> See: [[China and obesity]].
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|In 2014, major news outlets such as the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Huffington Post'', etc. come out with stories indicating that China (which has the largest atheist population in the world) is facing an obesity epidemic and there are over 300,000,000 overweight individuals in China and China has 120,000,000 child obesity problem. A recent study published in the ''Obesity Reviews'' journal, found that Chinese teenagers' rate of [[diabetes]] was four times that of their [[United States|American]] peers.<ref>[http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-09/14/content_26521029.htm Obesity is a growing concern in China] By Pang Li, China.org.cn, September 14, 2012</ref> See: [[China and obesity]].
 
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|January 18, 2011.  It is reported that a study shows that a very large percentage of college students are not developing higher thinking skills.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/18/106949/study-many-college-students-not.html</ref> The trend of liberal colleges closing their doors continues.<ref>http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/07/09/baldwin</ref><ref>http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/5312/losing_liberal_arts/</ref>
 
|January 18, 2011.  It is reported that a study shows that a very large percentage of college students are not developing higher thinking skills.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/18/106949/study-many-college-students-not.html</ref> The trend of liberal colleges closing their doors continues.<ref>http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/07/09/baldwin</ref><ref>http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/5312/losing_liberal_arts/</ref>
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