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Author Floud, Roderick.

Title Height, health, and history : nutritional status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980 / Roderick Floud, Kenneth Wachter, and Annabel Gregory
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Description xxi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 9
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 9
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- 1. Height, nutritional status and the historical record -- 2. Inference from military height data -- 3. Inference from samples of military records -- 4. Long-term trends in nutritional status -- 5. Regional and occupational differentials in British heights -- 6. Height, nutritional status and the environment -- 7. Nutritional status and physical growth in Britain, 1750-1980 -- 8. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Analysis Children
Defence personnel
Diet
England Man Diet Socioeconomic aspects, history
England. Man. Diet. Socioeconomic aspects,. history
Great Britain
History
Income distribution
International comparisons
Nutritional status
Overseas item
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-344)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-344) and index
Includes index
Subject Diet -- England -- History.
Health status indicators -- Great Britain -- History.
Human growth -- Great Britain -- History.
Diet -- Great Britain -- History.
Nutrition -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
Nutrition -- England -- History.
Nutrition -- Great Britain -- History.
Stature -- England -- History.
Stature -- Great Britain -- Effect of nutrition on -- History
Stature -- Great Britain -- History.
Body Height.
Nutritional Status.
Social Conditions -- trends.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056719
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
Author Gregory, Annabel.
Wachter, Kenneth W.
LC no. 91125423
ISBN 0521029988
0521303141