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Re:The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure? by ghusbands on Sunday June 03, 2018 @06:45AM (#17218947)
Yes.

"America's dirty little secret: 42 million people are suffering from hunger" https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/13/americas-dirty-little-secret...

UK: "Child poverty: Pale and hungry pupils 'fill pockets with school food'" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43611527

"Germany’s hidden hunger: On the breadline in Europe’s richest country" http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/09/world/germany-foo...

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Re:The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure? by nitwit005 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @03:43PM (#17221338)
I'm honestly never sure how seriously to take those sorts of statistics. They tend to be based on participation in food programs, which doesn't tell you that much.

Deaths due to malnutrition are quite rare now, generally being confined to cases of abuse or niglect, while it used to be a normal cause of death.

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Re:The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure? by TheCoelacanth on Sunday June 03, 2018 @05:47PM (#17222430)
Death due to malnutrition would be a rather extreme case. You can be very malnourished without actually dying from it.
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