snow wrote:
Mr. Thorn wrote:[snip]
Example: Environment has a profound effect on a person's mind (outlook, perceptions, attitudes, moods, etc.), and thereby has a significant, if indirect effect on that person's hormone production (quantity, balance). Those hormone productions have more effect on the body and brain long- term than any other influence I can think of.
I bet the problem is even simpler than that. Look at studies that correlate nutrition with grades/learning. Look at "inner city" dietary habits of 3 to 5 year old children (and any other "under performing" group). I'd bet $20 on the correlation.
Not a bad point. Theoretically, you can't buy smokes and liquor with food stamps etc., but really, if you stand in a checkout line and see what people *can* get with their handouts, it's, uh, impressive.