Yes eddie you are right, I do have an opinion, I also base conclusions on common sense.

With any good research one can draw correlations. Accurate research will also find cause and effect.

For example using enough data one could also conclude the number of multi lane roads a community has in their zip code could be an indicator of better health. Yet, this simple conclusion as well as number of grocery stores has neither a cause or effect to health...common sense is a gift, that unfortunately all don't have.

@ janesvillean: You'll have to forgive RetiredAirForce. He finds it much easier to jump to a conclusion (or blame someone) than it is to actually do some research.

BTW...Thanks for your comment. It was very enlightening.

Your ignorance is more than enough...thanks anyway. How many grocery stores are in your zip code, just curious how healthy you are.

Instead of demonstrating your ignorance, you could read the website and learn the answers to your questions.
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"Other literature indicates that the size and type of grocery stores influences the consumption of produce and healthy foods. Supermarkets have been shown to have a greater selection of fruits and vegetables and lower prices than smaller, non-chain grocery stores.[13] As such, the County Health Rankings measurement strategy focuses on the size of the outlet and includes grocery stores with more than four employees as well as the number of produce stands or farmers’ markets in a county."
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"The County Health Rankings uses two sets of US Census’s Bureau Business Patterns data for these measures. For the Food Environment, the Rankings use 2006 Zip Code Business Patterns data to calculate the percent of zip codes in a county without a “healthy food outlet.” Healthy food outlets are identified by their NAICS code. Those food outlets considered “healthy” include grocery stores with more than four employees (NAICS 445110) and produce stands or farmers’ markets (NAICS 445230). Because healthy food outlets often are clustered in wealthier neighborhoods, leaving only limited healthy food access in poorer communities, we chose not to measure the number of healthy food outlets per county population. Instead, our measure is intended to estimate the distribution of healthy food outlets in a county."
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/heal...

Yes, more grocery stores that will fix it. The results made some believable, not utterly absurd, claims...right up to the point of counting grocery stores in zip codes as a sign of health.

It is a wonder people ever survived during the previous 200 hundred years...with out a grocery store.

I wonder how much grant money was spent to count grocery stores?