I did not realize this is mostly in the SOUTH.
This would be funny to hear for you, but to become fat in the south you just have to have a good appetite: most moms, grandmas and aunts will cook you INCREDIBLE meals (very flavorful stuff), but of course it will also be loaded with fats.
The likelihood of this being a problem related to preprocessed stuff is low
The thing that hurts most people around the world is that we still eat as if we’re gonna work from sun up to sundown habits are hard to break…