12-06-2022, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Spinner
After my "career" and during my "pre-retirement" years, I worked at a locally-owned, high-line grocery store in an affluent area. Whenever I saw an obese person in the aisle, I quickly observed that I could predict what items would be in their cart: soda, potato chips, candy, cereals, prepared frozen foods, ice cream, pastries, etc.
In a similar fashion, whenever I saw lean, athletic types, their carts were typically filled with produce, fish, chicken, and other nutritional foods.
Eating junk begets eating a lot of it. Have you ever seen an individual eat a "single" portion of potato chips. If I start eating said junk, I can't stop either and that's why it is not in my house.
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To my earlier point about economic disparities.
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