You are 100% correct that we as a society have a problem with this
That's why the individual has to take extra care to eat right and excersise. Their doctor needs to emphasize this as much as possible.
VCan we fix out society? I don't know, I sure hope so. But in the meantime people are responsible for their own health.
The Arab counter attack?
During the first phase of that war, the Civil War from November 47 to May 14, 1948 it was Arab militias that attacked Jewish communities.
During the second phase of that war, it was the Arab League that invaded Israel on May 15, 1948
Imagine if the Arab states never invaded from the beginning and just were ok with Jews existing next door to them.
We know the Jews would have been ok with Arab Muslim states existing next to them as there are currently many Arab Muslims living and working in Tela Viv.