Here’s the world’s youngest weight-loss surgery patient: a Saudi Arabian two-year-old.
IBT: Saudi Arabia: Morbidly Obese 2-Year-Old Becomes World’s Youngest Weight Loss Surgery Patient
Around 35 percent of the population in Saudi Arabia is obese, compared to, for example, 14 percent in Sweden. Why is obesity such a disastrous epidemic in Saudi Arabia? There are no doubt many reasons, but I can imagine a big one:
Saudi Arabia is a muslim country, where you don’t drink alcohol. Moreover, it’s hot, so you have to drink a lot. So what do you drink? Probably the same thing as in the world’s most obese country, Mexico. Same thing as in the parts of the U.S. with the highest diabetes rates.
There is of course a simple and profitable solution to the problem, that doesn’t affect the soft drink industry. Surgical removal of the stomach in the entire population, including young children.
Or you could find a better and more natural solution.
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