Posted on 05/24/2010 12:53:43 PM PDT by Steelfish
Pricey Grocery Stores Attract Skinniest Shoppers Obese customers far more common at low-cost markets; poverty a factor
By JoNel Aleccia May 24, 2010
The percentage of food shoppers who are obese is almost 10 times higher at low-cost grocery stores compared with upscale markets, a small new study shows. Researchers say the striking findings underscore poverty as a key factor in America’s growing girth.
In the Seattle area, a region with an average obesity rate of about 20 percent, only about 4 percent of shoppers who filled their carts at Whole Foods Market stores were obese, compared with nearly 40 percent of shoppers at lower-priced Albertsons stores.
That’s likely because people willing to pay $6 for a pound of radicchio are more able to afford healthy diets than people stocking up on $1.88 packs of pizza rolls to feed their kids, the study’s lead author suggested.
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Skinny folks are stupid.
Speaking truth to girth.
Misprint:
Headline should read:
Pricey Grocery Stores Attract Skinniest Shoppers
Pizza rolls rock. Put hot sauce on 'em.. mmmm mmmm mmmm.
That’s because shopping high price means you can get less, so you eat less....
I'm sure that the more financially secure eat less or eat better than the anxious poor or financially insecure.
Food is a drug or antidepressant or coping mechanism just like booze or drugs. Kinda like TV.
“Make food cost more and people will become thin”
Research brought to you by “VAT for FAT”
I knew there had to be some genetic reason why I shop at Costco instead of Whole Foods . . . .
“Skinny” shoppers are going to these places because they obsess over their weight, and are already skinny. These stores sell products that cater to the health-obsessed, such as carrying only “organic” vegetables, exotic breads, and niche health foods.
This has to be the first time in history “poor” people are fat.
Only in America could MSNBC whine that poverty causes obesity.
The more financially secure are able to work out.
Another POS “news article” from PMS-NBC. Consider the source and value it accordingly.
Just ask any "public health" or "nutrition science" major. They'll tell you how corporate America targets minorities with junk food for profit.
HELLO! SPOT ON!
Uh, no. They’re confusing correlation and causality.
Rich people tend to be skinny not because they have the genes for slenderness but because they apply the same self-discipline to their waistlines that they do to their careers. Skinny people are presented with just as much, if not more, tempting food as poor, obese people, but they say no, or just have a little taste. Then they go hiking, biking, running, riding, playing tennis, swimming, or working out.
You can eat in a perfectly healthy way on a modest income. All that crap food poor people eat—the packaged stuff—is actually far more expensive than fruits, vegetables, meat, and decent poultry. And whether you’re poor or not, no one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to put another pile of potatoes on your plate.
You gotta pack a few extra pounds to survive when crossing the great food desert.
Why do you think Nike spends big money on thugs? From the welfare check to Nike’s pockets.
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