[Margies3]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

CC1, your theory about blue denium whales at Wal-Mart might be in question now.

Sep 9 2008 2:58PM EDT

The Wal-Mart Diet

Now, a new study finds no evidence that the proliferation of Wal-Mart stores, many of which are packed with cheap processed foods, has led to weight gains. In fact, the existence of a big box retailer in an area seems to actually decrease weight slightly.

Charles Courtemanche from University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Art Carden of Rhodes College in Tennessee looked at county-level data on big box stores (different versions of Wal-Mart stores as well as Costcos) and survey data which captured residents' demographic information as well as eating, shopping, smoking, drinking, and exercising habits. They found that one additional regular Wal-Mart store (which doesn't sell groceries) was associated with a drop of 0.5 pounds for a person of the average height. An additional Super Wal-Mart, which does sell groceries, was associated with a weight drop of 0.18 pounds.

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs...-wal-mart-diet

The reason you lose weight when you shop at Walmart is because you have to walk 3 or 4 miles to get to the back of the store for milk. Then heaven forbid if you need dog food cuz that's all the way on the other side of the store from the milk! You get your exercise just shopping at Walmart.