With all the focus on childhood obesity -- heck just plain ol' obesity for that matter, and the attack on trans fats -- you would think that someone would put on their "health agenda" the *cost* of eating healthy.
I was shopping at B-J's the other day getting breakfast food for our School Bus tour. We've been trying to get healthy foods since we're providing breakfast for school children. I learned that's not easy on a limited budget. I was searching for convenient, inexpensive yet nutritious foods for the 241 kids and faculty that were showing up at West Perry High School. The first week at Halifax Area High the crowd was smaller so I bought danishes, grapes and bananas for 100 people for $54.00. I was looking to do something similar, but the challenge of more than double the crowd was a tough one. If I were to have gotten the same foods -- it would have cost me $80.00 more.
So, here I am looking at glazed donuts for $3.99 for a box of 16 as opposed to a box of 10 mini-muffins for $6.99. Now I ask you, does it really take more money to make muffins as opposed to donuts?! 
So, why in a country where our waistlines are not wasting away -- are the fattening foods less expensive than the healthy ones? 
Add to that the embarrassment of having to explain to a couple of fellow shoppers who recognized me and wondered why I had enough donuts to feed an army -- that I was getting them for "our school kids".
You'll be happy to know that I did buy a half dozen bunches of bananas and couple cases of grapes to diminish the artery cloggers.
Our next promotion will have to be "Jump Rope Journey".
