The Hutterite children gave blood samples, and their parents filled out the same questionnaires. Researchers also visited 10 Hutterite homes to collect particles of dust.

Despite the similar genetic ancestries and lifestyles of Amish and Hutterite children, the prevalence of asthma and allergic sensitization was 4 and 6 times as low in the Amish, whereas median ...

As she drove in with a friend, who would introduce her to colony elders, Brody remembers Hutterite children enthusiastically running up to the car in wonderment, excited to meet the outsiders.

Some of the most dramatic findings was reported in 2016 in The New England Journal of Medicine. In a study that compared 60 US Amish and Hutterite farm children — two groups with similar genetic ...

Hutterite children bounce on a trampoline, their long skirts floating against the open sky. The girl in the center seems to smile, suspended in mid-air.

In particular, the researchers found that the Amish children in their study had more finely tuned so-called regulatory T cells than those from Hutterite backgrounds. These cells help to dampen ...

He’s the father of four and considered a role model for Hutterite children. Hutterite women from the Hi-Line Colony located near Chester in northern Montana brave the brisk winds and frigid ...

“What’s the difference between Hutterite children and those that aren’t Hutterites? Nothing really,” said Crystal Conrad, the middle-school teacher at Riverview Colony. “It’s so sad.

The Hutterites live on large communal farms with modern, industrialized machinery that limits daily contact with farm animals. The research suggested that closer contact with the animals and their ...

In particular, the researchers found that the Amish children in their study had more finely tuned so-called regulatory T cells than those from Hutterite backgrounds. These cells help to dampen ...