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. 2009 Jul;7(2):165-80.
doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.02.001. Epub 2009 Feb 21.

Protein supply and nutritional status in nineteenth century Bavaria, Prussia and France

Joerg Baten  1
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Protein supply and nutritional status in nineteenth century Bavaria, Prussia and France

Joerg Baten. Econ Hum Biol. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

What determined regional height differences in the 19th century? We compare anthropometric evidence with production estimates of different food products and other economic variables. To this end, we concentrate on 179 rural regions and 29 towns in Bavaria (Southeast Germany). This regionally disaggregated level of analysis enables us to study the influence of the local supply of different food products on the nutritional status of the population, among which milk turned out particularly important. This result is tested and confirmed with regional data from Prussia and France.

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