When New Walmarts Open, People Get Fatter

While this may be true for any store that carries overprocessed junk food, and they all do, I do eery bit of my grocery shopping at Walmart and I have been very successful at weight loss. I do not buy any "fru-fru" organic stuff that I need from any top branded store like Target or Cub, etc. I buy whole foods, that are also found at Walmart, its just that people are ignorant enough to purchase an over abundance of cheap over processed food at Walmart or any store. I buy my fresh veggies there, as well as my Ground turkey and fish, and chicken, egg beaters, cheeses, and is always cheper at Walmart than any other place, so not sure why I would want to shope at another store.

...so not sure why I would want to shope at another store.

Because there are more important things in life than money.

...so not sure why I would want to shope at another store.

Because there are more important things in life than money.

Local supporting local business - but sometimes you just can't afford to.

This is a big deal to me, and when the topic of Wally World comes up, I always try to chime in and offer some input. Welcome or not :P!

I understand that people CAN make healthier choices and that we as a nation make a very big issue out of free choice. But I think the line of what is free choice and what should be mandated is pretty obviously perverted these days. Look at how public schools enforce a dress code in order to make some aspects of their environment consistent. They aren't limiting free speech, rather, they are trying to demonstrate that there is an order to how we should act and display ourselves. Somehow, when it comes to food, we just say "anything goes"!

Some foods should be regulated just the same way that alcohol sales are regulated. Has anyone ever had a car crash from over-indulgence of powdered donuts, as opposed to Capt. Morgan Rum? I doubt it. So, free choice over powdered donuts must be the rule?? I disagree with that. I believe that we should have free reign of what is healthy, but that free-reign ends at the point of over-indulgence. How much is that? Well....how many Snickers bars should a healthy person consume per day? How much alcohol can we take in and still get behind the wheel of a car? There must be limits.

So, where I am going with all of this is that Wal Mart takes advantage of the weakest among us, and our propensity to NOT do what is best for our bodies. Sugar provides us with similar feelings that illegal drugs and alcohol promotes. It takes HUGE quantities of sugar to get there, but that's exactly what some people take in. And it becomes a matter of national and personal health. And our healthcare system is currently paying for the abuse of these foods.

yes, we all have a choice. But some of us need to be protected from our "choices". That's why we have condoms, legal drinking limits, recommended dosages, prescriptions, etc, etc, etc....

We had a huge renovation at the local Wal-Mart.. and I hadn't shopped there much BEFORE this, but I refuse to step foot in it, since. I'm fortunate enough to be able to put my money towards local businesses... and I'm also very fortunate that we have a local farmer's market that has SUPER-cheap produce, which is locally grown, and beautiful. My meats and breads come from a locally-owned store, and I feel better supporting my own town's economy.

That being said, and also being irrelevant to the topic at hand- Guns don't kill people. People will people. Cheap junk food doesn't kill people. People buying cheap junk food and snarfing it down while simultaneously ignoring a healthy lifestyle, kills people.

... says the fat chick in aisle 3. (me)

Have you considered the quality of the meat and produce at Walmart. Ugh. I REFUSE to buy meat or produce at Walmart - only the cheap stuff when I need it (like tolieteries, etc). And since I've switched to eating healthier, I primarily shop at Sprouts for meat/produce and supplement what I need at Safeway/King Soopers.

The products that I buy at Wal-mart are the exact same products I buy at local grocer--just cheaper. Jenni O turkey! Purdue Chicken. Albeit yes, fruits and veggies, especially veggies are not always the best, but I pick through them and if I am not satisfied I don't buy them, but for the most part I have no real big issues with them. One week I went and the fresh zucchini was mushy, so I did not buy any-simple!

People get dumb-er when new walmarts open.. is it why they get fatter?
I just buy at walmart whatever I would buy at any other grocery stores.
Usually I buy Walmart brand if it's cheaper (no salt tomato can, frozen veg).

I wonder if their is a forum on the internet that doesn't have a Walmart is Evil thread.