does not make haredi women less healthy than secular or non-Jewish women. They are not more obese than secular and non-Jewish women and live till 100 or more even without internet and all these nonsense.

So you are better informed than scientifically obtained statistics? I think it's great that these women are finally getting help from professionals, who certainly know more about how their bodies function that their rabbis. Why criticize something that is positive and helpful? Do you feel threatened? Don't you want your wife to live longer and be healthier?

fact that many religious people at least in my neighborhood are not in very good shape. They eat lots of snack food (Pizzas, frozen foods etc). I can tell from the recycling bins near their homes. They don't walk that much other than on Shabbos and are clearly out of shape. Physical activity seems to be verbotten.I have yet to see a religious man or women do any sort of yard work. The young kids are slim til a certain age and then they seem to blow up. Those above 25 seem to grow wider that taller. Not a good sign as obesity leads to HBP, diabetes and a host of other ailments including many types of cancers. Start cooking, walking and doing some type of physical activity. Your long term health depends on it.

It is obvious the body of a woman is not built to deliver the average of 7.7 babies, probably not even 3 babies in a healthy lifetime. The tissues stretch, organs get crammed, there are hormonal changes, blood loss, surgeries and other traumas associated with pregnancies and while giving births. There is a limit how many births can a woman's body take, how much is optimal. I wish someone in the medical profession would put out correlation statistics linking health and the number of births per woman. My guess is two births in a lifetime is probably optimal for a healthy woman. In the US currently it's 1.7 per woman, not counting the immigrants.

non-religious people in your neighbourhood are not in a very good shape? What can you tell from the recycling bins near non-religious homes? You obviously don't see religious women busy non-stop caring for their big families and men and women full of life,dancing on the many marriages they attend. I have seen many blown up children and mostly they are not religious. Your life style [non-stop busy with anti-Haredi hate incitement] is nothing to be proud of ,hence your pompous advices are irrelevant. Having said that,i give my respect to the father of great Jewish boys. I think you must have some very well hidden merits .May G-D bless them and bless Israel with more of good well-balanced boys . Hope to see you soon in Israel.

what statistics! statistics are taken from the escalator, pure rubbish. The secular in Israel are not healthy! They look upset and irritated and are always tired. The world of medicine is a fairytale made by men, and it is dangerous.

will cease voicing my animus towards them. I was raised religious. I despise the current crop of Haredi for they are an insult to those who were truly religious. My late mother lived like a jack rabbit in a field for three years hiding from the Germans. Not once did she eat treif. My late Father survived Auschwitz, went to Israel to help fight for the birth of Israel, only to have the grandchildren of those he help save, refuse to serve the very country he almost lost his life defending. My Father's family were Munkash Hassidim. They would have been insulted by the 21 century impostor Haredi, who refuse to do the minimum in protecting the very country that gives them refuge. The Haredi know nothing about true Yiddishkeit. They repeat the same mantra about Mashiach like some crazed zombies. They remind me of Hari Krishna. When the Haredi will start pulling their weight by first defending and serving the country then maybe they will earn some respect. In the interim, they are nothing.They are imziztekah fressers. Finally, stop defending them, for you look silly.

enough to supply for a growing Jewish population in Israel ,preventing an Arab majority. You seem to be very proud of your parents,Al,and with right. How would you like your children, that you love so deeply, to remember you? Surely not as " he worshipped money and hated Haredim". I want to belief ,even if i sound silly, that you are a great guy that does the outmost to contribute plenty to our people . Shabat Shalom,Al

So instead of using that dangerous fairytale world of medicine made by men, who do you consult when you get sick? Statistics that can be compared and corroborated usually work. That the religious produce 7.7 children is a statistic that you probably think is correct. Any mother of that many kids, who holds a full-time job, and also cooks and cleans, has a right to be tired and a right to good medical care and knowledge of her body. Why are you so afraid?

have send TB 9. That was a big mistake. I am very sorry. Shavuah Tov to you and your kids.