In the United states, the region with the most overweight people is the south. The love to gorge themselves with fried chicken. Fried chicken is very unhealthy because it is deep fried. This is not a healthy way to cook your food whatsoever. At family gatherings in the south, people eat as much food as possible to keep their family members happy. If somebody in a southern home brings a dish to dinner, the expect everybody to eat it. This has lead the south devolving very bad eating habits. These eating habbits have been passed down from generation to generation. The United states government has noticed the problem and the First Lady has set up social programs to stop the obesity problem in the United States. The south loves to eat food, so it is not a big surprise they are the most unhealthy section of the United states.