Old Order Amish children are much more physically active and three times less likely to be overweight than non-Amish children, which may provide them with some long-term protection against developing ...

Amish children, primarily residing in rural farming communities across the United States, have been found to exhibit significantly lower rates of allergies and asthma compared to their counterparts in ...

A July 10 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a screenshot of a headline that claims an array of diagnoses are not present in a certain religious population. "New Study Finds Zero ...

A headline shared on Facebook made an absolute — and absolutely false — claim: "Zero Amish children diagnosed with cancer, diabetes or autism." The headline came from an article on SlayNews, a site ...

Newswise — By probing the differences between two farming communities—the Amish of Indiana and the Hutterites of South Dakota—an interdisciplinary team of researchers found that specific aspects of ...

New York State eliminated religious exemptions for school immunizations, but some groups have been fighting that in court.

So far this year, LNP-LancasterOnline and other media have reported three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were children or teenagers, and all were buried in Amish cemeteries: Do reports like ...

Coauthored with Jeanette Harder, Ph.D. Understanding Amish values and customs helps us support families and communities to keep their children safe. In this piece, we provide background on various ...