The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure?

Re:The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure? by mynameishere on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:07AM (#17219167)

This just isn't true. It's so obviously not true it's really very amazing that people repeat it. Go to a Dollar General in a poor area sometime. They have lots of potato chips and assorted crap. Yep. They also have canned beans, fruit, refrigerated sausage, cheese, chicken, etc. None of this is unaffordable.

That's Dollar General. Most places have access to a Walmart which is as good nutritionally as any grocery store that ever existed.

If people buy junk food it's because they enjoy it. Christ, even your typical gas station sells salad these days.

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Re:The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure? by learc83 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:25PM (#17221604)

Cheap junk food is much more palatable than cheap healthy food.

> Most places have access to a Walmart which is as good nutritionally as any grocery store that ever existed.

Walmart tends to avoid the inner city. If you don't have a car there generally isn't one close enough to shop at more than once a week or so. Bringing home a week of groceries for a family on bus isn't a trivial task.

It's much easier to pick up some cheap food from a convenience store.

> Christ, even your typical gas station sells salad these days.

If you compare the per calorie price of that salad to junk food, it's much more expensive.

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