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American Fast Food Took Over Kuwait And Made Its People Obese

The very first McDonald’s restaurant appeared in Kuwait on a U.S. military base set up to support the 1991 invasion of Iraq. The Kuwaiti translators who worked on the base were exposed to the delicious cuisine and word spread across Kuwait like a cloud of mustard gas. Just three years...

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