Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
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#3Growing up as a kid who ate a lot of junk food, I think there's just more commonly a culture among less affluent folks to prioritize rewards now instead of rewards later.
Eat, drink, be merry today - you may not have the opportunity tomorrow.
Treating yourself or your kids now is the good life for a lot of people - of course, at the expense of tomorrow, but that's not too much of a concern.
So, a difference in priorities and perspectives among rich vs poor. Like the articles states, but a different view of it.
Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#4Growing up as a kid who ate a lot of junk food, I think there's just more commonly a culture among less affluent folks to prioritize rewards now instead of rewards later. Eat, drink, be merry today - you may not have the opportunity tomorrow. Treating yourself or your kids now is the good life for a lot of people - of course, at the expense of tomorrow, but that's not too much of a concern. So, a difference in priori…
Ray Dalio’s recent book takes exactly what you’re talking about and paints an extrapolated picture of how this changes across generations and repeats itself. A good read, even if the information is broad strokes.
Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#5Growing up as a kid who ate a lot of junk food, I think there's just more commonly a culture among less affluent folks to prioritize rewards now instead of rewards later. Eat, drink, be merry today - you may not have the opportunity tomorrow. Treating yourself or your kids now is the good life for a lot of people - of course, at the expense of tomorrow, but that's not too much of a concern. So, a difference in priori…
Ray Dalio’s recent book takes exactly what you’re talking about and paints an extrapolated picture of how this changes across generations and repeats itself. A good read, even if the information is broad strokes.
Which book is this? He’s written a bunch.
Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ray Dalio’s recent book takes exactly what you’re talking about and paints an extrapolated picture of how this changes across generations and repeats itself. A good read, even if the information is broad strokes.
Which book is this? He’s written a bunch.
Principles for dealing with the changing world order
Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#7This seems like a very small and data poor study to draw such a broad claim.
Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#8I know this isn't the cause, but it becoming a privilege to not face gauntlets of sugary garbage on the way to cashiers isn't helping.
The higher-end stores like Whole Foods, New Leaf, hell even Trader Joes, treat their customers with enough respect to not immerse them in trash while waiting in a slow-moving line at deliberately understaffed cashier lanes.
You can't even buy something from AutoZone without being surrounded by a Fry's-style maze of diabetes anymore. Late-stage capitalism is absolutely awful, there's zero built-in concern for society's wellness. We'll have strip-malls filled with dialysis centers and these businesses still won't stop peddling fructose to the masses. Race to the bottom indeed.
Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#9I know this isn't the cause, but it becoming a privilege to not face gauntlets of sugary garbage on the way to cashiers isn't helping. The higher-end stores like Whole Foods, New Leaf, hell even Trader Joes, treat their customers with enough respect to not immerse them in trash while waiting in a slow-moving line at deliberately understaffed cashier lanes. You can't even buy something from AutoZone without being surr…
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Re: Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? (2018)
#10This seems like a very small and data poor study to draw such a broad claim.
This is the HN midwit dismissal. At least elaborate what makes it poor.