America's Unhealthiest Grocery Shoppers

More proof that there is no such thing as a "healthy" food.

"Every week Americans head to the grocery store knowing what should fill their carts — fruits, vegetables and unprocessed foods packed with whole grains.

Yet many end up walking out with bags full of sugary cookies, a couple of frozen meat lovers' pizzas and liters of soda.

This happens most in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area, where shoppers spend 11.47 percent of their yearly grocery bill on unhealthy items (the national average is 8.5 percent). In second-place Richmond, Va., that number drops slightly, to 11.45 percent..."

Of interest is the fact that these top two "unhealthy" shopping cities are in states that rank below most other states in the recent report demonstrating:

"adult obesity rates increased in 37 states in the past year, according to the fifth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)."

Minnesota ranks 30th and Virginia is tied for 27/28.

Bottom line: there are no "healthy" foods, there is only eating healthily.

There is, however, BS. And plenty of it to go around from the experts.