>From: "Jay Banks" <[log in to unmask]>
 >> I noticed this on CNN. Something to think about, since it would seem that
 >> those in the South would be eating a higher meat diet and/or be *closer* to
 >> what some would consider a modern paleo/atkins-type of diet. Anybody else
 >> care to comment?:


Probably a direct correlation between income and diet, people have lower
incomes, must subsist on high carb diet made up mostly of cheap grains

Less likely to consume fresh high quality meat, too expensive