Needing to comment.

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Yesterday my husband and myself had to go to Walmart for cleaning

supplies. As we were checking out, I could not help but notice the

woman in front of me. She was a young woman, not overweight at all,

but nice and slim, with 2 obviously not overweight young children

with her. She ran up a bill of $271 worth of children's junk food,

except for 2 gallons of milk and 1 gallon of orange juice. The rest

of it was - and I am not exaggerating - children's junk food with

cartoon characters on the boxes, and it was chips, candy, high sugar

granola bars and fruit chewy things, soda, huge bags of all kinds

of chips.

She said she was paying with food stamps. I know the government

does not give too much money in its foodstamps program, and some

people run out before the end of the month, so the more reason to

make informed choices. I wonder what those children will look like

in their 30s if they keep eating this way.

I am commenting on this because I really think there is a great need

for more nutritional education in this country, especially for folks

that need to follow a budget or have limited resources, food stamps,

etc., so they will know what is the best buy for their money and

food stamps.

I think it would be great if food stamp recipients got nutritional

education and even all people, maybe more in the school system, as I

don't remember there ever being much taught in the way of nutrition

when my children were in school.

I wish my mother would have had more nutritional knowledge when I

was a child and would not have filled out house with junk food, ice

cream, Kool Aid with sugar, cookies, anything that put on pounds.

Maybe I would not be battling what I am today.

Just my observation, Margaret