>Anybody else care to comment?:

Southern claims to fame include Moon Pies and Co' Cola, cornbread, hush
puppies, grits and other carb-loaded treats.  That and a higher poverty
rate; the low-income diet is chock-full starch, i.e. cheap bread, noodles,
etc.  Typical stock-up items for me when making jack squat and unfamiliar
with carbs' role in obesity?  Ten-for-a-dollar ramen noodles.  Makes sense
to me.

Dori Zook
Denver, CO