Nutrition Doesn't Sell
LEAD: To The Living Section:
To The Living Section:
Marian Burros's article 'What Americans Really Eat: Nutrition Can Wait'  [ Jan. 6 ]  just confirmed what a lot of shoppers already know, just by observation. Since grocery stores are in business to make a profit it can be no accident that the greater part of the floor space of most grocery stores is devoted to soft drinks, cookies, cakes, snacks, baked goods, beer, sweetened cereals and, in the frozen food sections, to ice creams, ice cream specialties and frozen baked goods. If Americans ate differently, the floor spaces of most grocery stores would reflect this.
One also notices that the most accessible first-floor space of every department store is devoted heavily to cosmetics. But that's another survey.  BARBARA GORDON, New York, N.Y.