Height, health and history: nutritional status in the united kingdom, 1750–1980
Auteur :
Floud, Roderick / Wachter, Kenneth / Gregory, Annabel
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521029988
Date de publication :
2 nov. 2006
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
572 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In historical accounts of the circumstances of ordinary people's lives, nutrition has been the great unknown. Nearly impossible to measure or assess directly, it has nonetheless been held responsible for the declining mortality rates of the nineteenth century as well as being a major factor in the gap in living standards, morbidity and mortality between rich and poor.