Oliver says it is this change in a child's diet that should be held responsible for the rise in childhood obesity over the past thirty years, not the value meal at McDonalds . In a recent study conducted by Jennifer Poti, Kiyah Duffey, and Barry Popkin, they found that "a Western dietary pattern outside of fast food, although obtained primarily from grocery stores, was associated with overweight/obesity, while fasting food it wasn't" (8). According to the free dictionary, a Western diet is defined as one high in saturated fats, red meats, "empty" carbohydrates - junk food - and low in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, seafood and poultry. Their research supported the belief that it was not the consumption of fast food that caused overweight/obesity, but the eating habits surrounding the consumption of fast food that most likely caused it. Poti, Duffey, and Popkins also noted in their study that "supermarkets, which provide fresh produce but also SSBs and chips, can contribute to both healthy and less healthy shopping patterns; for example, foods consumed by U.S. children in stores at retail were similar to fast food in total solid fat and added sugar content" (8). Although it can be said that fast food is a factor in today's high obesity rates, there