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Originally Posted by Obadno
As James Bond said it has nothing to do with what they can grow its about what the cultural diet is. The south grows plenty of healthy produce as does the Midwest but that's not the way they eat. They deep fry and eat heavy oily food. In the Midwest they have very central/eastern Europe type of foods, lots of heavy gravy and potatoes and breads and things like that.
The west coast just eats healthier maybe because its warmer, more Mexican influence and Mediterranean type diets. a lot more vegetables and light meals instead of heavy Midwestern food or oily southern food. City people eat healthier probably because its popular and the local influence isn't as heavy.
Its a cultural thing not an access thing.
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Plenty of corn and potatoes in typical dishes, but if anything, the Midwest is meat heavy. Red meat in particular.
The largest concentration of Eastern Europeans is also in Chicagoland with all its Poles. The rest of the Midwest, on average, has substantially less Eastern European influence going on.