Michelle Obama Offers Course: 'Supermarket Shopping 101'

(wxyz) - First Lady Michelle Obama is now presenting a brief online course to help you start eating healthier! It's called “ Supermarket Shopping 101 ” and it's part of Mrs. Obama's anti-obesity Let's Move campaign.

The course, which now appears on the letsmove.gov website, provides shoppers with a variety of helpful shopping tips including the best time to shop and how to navigate a grocery store. The site also warns to steer clear of the cookie, snack and soda aisles.

The self-described “cheat sheet” for grocery shopping emphasize the importance of making a list to avoid walking in circles around the supermarket, divide your ingredient list into categories such as produce, dairy & eggs, meat, canned goods, dry goods and frozen foods. That way you know where to go and what you need, and hopefully steer clear of impulse buys.

You can read more at http://www.letsmove.gov/blog/2012/08/27/supermarket-shopping-101-read-you-hit-grocery-store