Height, Health and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time Series)
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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. The measurement of height is a means of the direct assessment of nutritional status...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521029988
ISBN13:9780521029988
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:380 Pages
Weight:1.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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