Looks normal from viewing the streets. I have never seen so many overweight humans (both male and female) than now. It must be that they have no money for food.
Rush featured an NPR Story last Thursday which showed two women who were complaining that a poor economy and high gas prices had forced them to stop purchasing meat.
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/npr-for-some-ohioans-meat-out-of-reach
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/07/19/pbs-not-livin-large-ohio-folks-cant-even-afford-meat
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