Fattest nation on Earth

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A friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent me the following email:

The Fattest Nation on the Face of the Planet

… is a Muslim one…

http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/11/the-richest-fattest-nation-on-earth-its-not-the-united-states/248366/

The poorest and hungriest is probably also a Muslim one too….

May God save us from ourselves.

That about sums it up for me.

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