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[quote=Anonymous]Inside the LDS culture there is a running joke that we need refreshments and treats after everything. Cookies after a planning meeting, brownies after a youth activity.. Sugar all around all the time. After moving outside of Utah, I realized when eating treats elsewhere that other people weren't as good at making desserts as mormons. There are plenty of overweight mormons. Utah culture has a lot of plastic surgery and breast implants, hair color, eyelash extensions, etc. I wouldn't say it's religiously based, but it's just the culture to be 'put together' and also have a nice house, truck, boat, 4wheelers, etc. Utah also has a lot of debt-- A lot of single family households since the moms typically stay home. Keeping up with brother and sister Jones. Many marry young since there's no sex before marriage, and couples get into debt together or the wife quits school to have babies. I do believe there is a higher substance abuse problem because we can't have a glass of wine to wind down at night. We are expected to serve in many capacities due to a volunteer/lay ministery. No one gets paid. We even clean our own buildings. Serving in many capacities on Sundays and throughout the week on top of employment, several children at home, etc. with not much 'me' time drives women to anxiety and depression. I'm LDS and don't have anxiety or depression due to religion, but I can understand why the numbers are higher in Utah. I did watch the Lisa Ling special. [/quote]

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