Then explain this.
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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There IS something to be said for the fact that Whole Foods sells nothing with trans-fats. A friend’s son started shopping there with that in mind. He made absolutely no other changes to his lifestyle, no increase or decrease in his eating, no new exercise regiment. In about 3 months he’d dropped a LOT of fat/weight.
And there IS something to be said for smarter people generally being wealthier, and able to afford the pricier shops.
This is a crock! Shop at any one of the grocery stores around here and there are FAT people everywhere.
And own color TV's and a good number own cars.
Having suffered through severe anxiety for 20+ years, I can’t imagine being ABLE to eat when feeling that way.
“Also, Trader Joe shoppers tend to return their shopping carts.”
ROFLMAO
On the contrary, corporate America targets the MAJORITIES, which are Middle and Lower Income families.
They don't care what color your skin is, as long as you eat Fruit Loops.
Then explain this.
I get stuff so cheap that I basically get PAID for buying stuff. Today was an example. FREE round steaks, 2 FREE boxes of cereal, FREE gallon of milk, FREE gallon of mojo...oh and about $75 dollars worth of bottles of...stuff. Cost total for all...less than $6. Oh, yeah, that was just at one chain of stores. At another store I got 80 bottles of other “stuff” with a retail value of over $250. My cost...less than $3.00. Oops forgot the $48 worth of bottles of “stuff” I bought first thing in the morning that I got for $3.55.
You are officially considered 'destitute' if you do not own a DIGITAL TV CONVERTER.
I shop at Wal-mart for basics such as laundry supplies and canned beans once a month. I shop at Trader Joe’s for select items as frozen fish and glazed pecans also once a month. I shop at Whole Food for fresh produce and bread from bakery also once a month. I shop at Cosco for frozen chicken breasts and paper goods about four times a year. Pre-prepared foods are rarely used in our household. We do not rectcle anything, yet our trash container is seldom over one quarter filled. We have overnight and dinner guests frequently at our home. BUTT both my husband and I are overweight. Where does Sweet Hubby and I fit in the statistics?
Cabbage is cheap, and you can make a boatload of cole slaw with it to feed your kids...
And 'nannies'.
...and hot sauce is good for your cardiovascular system...
Nope. I nowhere mentioned "going to the gym". Upper-class people get exercise in their lives, doing some sort of sport, or gardening, taking care of their animals, engaging in farm maintenance, etc. And this is true of upper-class people who are living in very humble circumstances, too. The ones who don't--men, mostly--get fat like anybody else.
This morning I saw a lovely lady of 50, a pretty blonde from one of Maryland's oldest families, driving a tractor with a manure spreader. I doubt she weighs more than 125 pounds, and it's all muscle.
I still maintain that it's self-discipline that counts. Nevertheless I do understand that people of more modest means may get very fatigued with the demands of jobs, kids, house, etc., and may get so tired it's tough to exercise. Eating fattening junk food is something one does when very tired.
UNDERWEAR GOES INSIDE THE PANTS.
“Americans, let’s face it: We’ve been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we’re in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we’ll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
“How’d you get through it grandpa?”
“Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJeNok-lTEw
...is it for XBox’s or what?
^^^
I think most of them already have them.
P.S. The song contains some profanity.
Shhh! It wasn’t until after my Trader Joe post that I remembered the time we had to make our way around two ladies who took over the aisle.
Good heavens, I’m destitute!
Coupons? Awesome shopping skills? What are you doing?
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