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Citywide initiative seeks to bring more attention to healthy eating in stores, restaurants and schools

Photo By: Kelly MoyerHealthy initiative
Lamb's Thriftway store manager Gale Lasko (left) and certified nutritionist Karen McGeehan discuss the options for the healthy checkout aisle.
A Wilsonville grocery store is breaking new ground in the fight against childhood obesity. Lamb’s Thriftway Market is the first Oregon grocery store to designate a “healthy checkout aisle” where shoppers, especially children, won’t be tempted by the sugary candy bars, gum, and soda that traditionally clog the checkout aisles.



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