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The flowing robes and abayas shrouding the people of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates can’t hide the truth of a federation-wide weight problem.
So the city of Dubai, famous for its opulent shopping centers and towering skyscrapers in the desert, on Friday will launch a public drive to get UAE residents on a diet, the Emirates24/7 website reports.
This is a collectivist solution to an individual problem, and doomed to fail. If you're living in Stalinist Russia, vowing to be a better person, to try harder, live cleaner, etc. is not going to solve your problem. You need a collectivist solution. If you're overweight in Dubai, a gov't program is not going to solve your problem. You need an individualist solution.
Yeah as much as people talk about fat Americans, it's really bad in the Gulf States. They love fast food like you wouldn't believe, and have servants to do everything for them.
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