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[[File:Hand and cookies.jpg|thumbnail|right|301px|Obesity is positively associated with impulsiveness, lower [[self-control|self-discipline]] and [[neuroticism]].<ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18549987 Personality traits and eating behavior in the obese: poor self-control in emotional and external eating but personality assets in restrained eating]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19433123 Eating styles, self-control and obesity indicators. The moderating role of obesity status and dieting history on restrained eating]
*[http://www.wellspringcamps.com/obesity_research.html Wellspring Camps - Obesity research]</ref> ]]
[[Generation X]] is made up of individuals born between 1966 and 1980.

Using data from the [[American Religious Identification Survey]] (ARIS), Barry A. Kosmin & Juhem Navarro-Rivera reported: "Generation X became more secular and also less Christian (85% in 1990 v. 75% in 2008) as it aged and grew in size. However, the proportion of the cohort identifying with Other Christian denominations and non-Christian religions hardly changed. So the secularizing change mainly occurred at the expense of Catholic self-identification which fell from 33% in 1990 to 26% in 2008."<ref>[http://commons.trincoll.edu/aris/files/2012/05/ARISGENX2012.pdf The Transformation of Generation X: Shifts in Religious and Political Self Identification, The Transformation of Generation X: Shifts in Religious and Political Self-Identification, 1990-2008, Barry A. Kosmin & Juhem Navarro-Rivera]</ref>}}

In 2014, ''Bloomberg News'' reported about Generation X and obesity: "People born from 1966 to 1980, known as Generation X, are fatter and twice as likely to have [[diabetes]] as [[Baby boom|Baby Boomers]] were at the same age, according to an Australian study that predicts younger generations will be sicker and costlier to care for in old age."<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-27/gen-x-are-more-likely-to-have-diabetes-than-baby-boomers.html Gen-X Are More Likely to Have Diabetes Than Baby Boomers By Jason Gale 2014-03-27T00:47:24Z]</ref>

According to the [[Gallup poll|Gallup Inc.]], "Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious."<ref>https://www.gallup.com/poll/145379/Religious-Americans-Lead-Healthier-Lives.aspx</ref>  For more information, please [[Atheism and obesity]]

== Atheism and obesity ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]]

The current [[atheist population]] mostly resides in [[East Asia]] (particularly China) and in [[secular Europe]]/[[Australia]] primarily among whites.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey, ''Washington Post'', May 23, 2013</ref> See: [[Global atheism]] and [[Western atheism and race]] 

Secular Europe and communist [[China]] have significant problems with obesity (see: [[Secular Europe and obesity]] and [[China and obesity]]). In addition, [[Australia]] has a significant problem with obesity (see: [[Australia, irreligion and obesity]]). 

In the United States at the present time, the greater the degree of irreligiosity in a generation, the [[Atheism and obesity#Irreligion/religion, generations in the United States and obesity|higher their obesity rate is]]. According to the [[Gallup poll|Gallup Inc.]], "Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious."<ref>[https://www.gallup.com/poll/145379/Religious-Americans-Lead-Healthier-Lives.aspx Very Religious Americans Lead Healthier Lives], Gallup Poll, 2010</ref>  

In addition, a significant number of prominent atheists are overweight (see: [[Atheism and obesity]]).

For more information, See: [[Atheism and obesity]]

== See also ==

*[[Millennials, irreligion and obesity]]

*[[Baby boom generation, irreligion and obesity]]

== Notes ==
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