Beach Runner wrote:

>>>> Note that the number of self-reported "vegans" was 83, or 0.114966%
>>>> of the population surveyed. That small of a sampling is
>>>> statistically irrelevant for the purposes of comparing to the other
>>>> samples.

Read it again. The study was over 55,000 people. Some were vegans.



Design: Data analyzed in this cross-sectional study were from 55459
healthy women participating in the Swedish Mammography Cohort. Women
were asked whether they considered themselves to be omnivores (n =
54257), semivegetarians (n = 960), lactovegetarians (n = 159), or vegans
(n = 83), and this question was the main exposure variable in this
study. In secondary analyses, we reclassified women as lactovegetarians
on the basis of food intakes reported on the food-frequency questionnaire.

Results: The prevalence of overweight or obesity (BMI ‰¥ 25) was 40%
among omnivores, 29% among both semivegetarians and vegans, and 25%
among lactovegetarians. In multivariate, adjusted logistic regression
analyses, self-identified vegans had a significantly lower risk of
overweight or obesity [odds ratio (OR) = 0.35; 95% CI: 0.18, 0.69] than
did omnivores, as did lactovegetarians (OR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.35, 0.85)
and semivegetarians (OR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.43, 0.62). Risk of overweight
or obesity remained significantly lower among lactovegetarians
classified on the basis of the food-frequency questionnaire (OR = 0.48;
95% CI: 0.30, 0.78).

Conclusions: Even if vegetarians consume some animal products, our
results suggest that self-identified semivegetarian, lactovegetarian,
and vegan women have a lower risk of overweight and obesity than do
omnivorous women. The advice to consume more plant foods and less animal
products may help individuals control their weight.


Did you even read the study? It wasn't a study of VEGANs.

It is good research, worthy of replication, and there is no reason to
insult anyone.