Peaceful Valley

Grocery budgets and obesity

Today I was looking for examples of grocery spending in large families to see if I could find some ideas for curbing our rising grocery costs.  I am trying to give my family healthier food and although we buy few snacks and processed foods we do spend extra to buy organic milk, hormone free yogurt and plenty of fruit and vegetables.  Any ideas on reducing food costs or estimated monthly grocery spending would be helpful for me in figuring out whether our food budget is reasonable or not.

While I was searching I came across some interesting information.  In a study on childhood obesity(http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/Seminars/obesity.PDF) there was a quote stating that "Family size is inversely related to childhood obesity. Children in larger families have a lower prevalence of obesity than children in smaller families."

I would say the reasons are obvious.  We go through food much quicker in a larger family and it is just not as easy to give treats to kids when you have to multiply them by larger numbers.

So when I have a whole passel of kids, I am giving them a better chance at good health. 

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02:32, 2006-Feb-11 .. Posted by kayinpa

That is interesting! I guess I am off to a good start with four!