Actually, they do have many health issues although I’m not sure it’s from Ramadan. I read somewhere that they have early onset arthritis (or some disease that affects the limbs) that puzzles doctors. I would go more for inbreeding than anything else - certainly their inability to refrain from anger and violence is a symptom of that.
Actually, it’s more straight forward than that and well known to those in the culture. From a local news source here:
ABU DHABI // The statistics are stark: out of every 1,000 babies born in the UAE, about 75 suffer from a birth defect, the majority of which are of genetic origin.
Those unsettling numbers are forcing a re-examination of the long-held practice of consanguineous marriage - meaning to a blood relative- which is one of the strongest traditions in the country.
Some of this illness might be explained by contracting Brucellosis through the consumption of and/or sexual activity with infected goats, sheep, donkeys and others of the equine or ruminant species. Gonorrhea is another disease that can produce chronic arthritis-like symptoms. Both diseases are treatable, but those people infected via sexual activity (human or bestial) are less likely to seek treatment.