Haley Sweetland Edwards explores Qatar, which has both higher per capita income and higher obesity than America:
In September, Qatar officially became the richest nation in the world, as measured by per capita gross domestic product. It also recently became the world's biggest exporter of natural gas, and earned the title of fastest growing economy in the world. By international development standards, all this growth has happened virtually overnight, making Qataris' lifestyles much more unhealthy, and at the same time leading many to hang on resolutely to what's left of their fleeting tribal traditions — practices that include inter-marriage between close family members and cousins.
(Photo: People fish along the waterfront along the Persian Gulf across from new, illuminated financial district skyscrapers at dusk on October 24, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. By Sean Gallup/Getty Images.)
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