Heartening news, my fellow Americans: the crimes of indulgence against our bodies are not quite as heinous as those in at least one other country. In Qatar, half of all adults are obese, and 17% of the population is diabetic. Wouldn’t you have guessed the United States headed those categories? (Here, about a third of adults are obese, and 8% of the population is diabetic.)
The problem in Qatar is a one-two of the most wealth per capita in the world and a habit of having servants take care of everything the least bit unpleasant and/or mundane.
I’ve been chewing on what the American media might do with such a story (note that this story appears on a British site), and I think the answer is nothing. I mean, it’s a bit of a conundrum, when you think about it. You’d think they’d be eager to excoriate Big Oil for this, as that’s the source of the wealth. However, we’re also talking about a country where essentially the entire indigenous population claims Islam, so the standing order not to say anything the least bit critical about Muslims would be really tough for them to navigate.
Poor U.S. media. It’s so confusing when knee-jerk, politically motivated directives collide.
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