Re:The Marshmallow Test: What Does It Really Measure?
by learc83 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:25PM
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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.
> 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.