By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – People who like fried food, sweet tea and other foods synonymous with the Southern U.S. may be at an increased risk of heart attack and death, according to a new study. “If their overall pattern of eating seems to closely match those components, they may want to move away from that,” said lead researcher James Shikany, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. About 735,000 people in the U.S. have heart attacks each year, according to the American Heart Association, and about 120,000 die as a result.