>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