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Food consumption and nutrition are historically among the most
characteristic features of inequality in living standards driven by
socioeconomic, gender, generational and geographical reasons.
Nutrition directly impacts mortality, life expectancy, height and
illness and thus becomes a good indicator of living standards and
their evolution over time. However, one issue that remains
unresolved is how to measure past diet inequalities with the
available sources. This book evaluates nutritional inequalities in
Spain from the nineteenth century to the present day. It explores
the socioeconomic, gender, generational and geographical variations
in food consumption and nutrition in Spain during this period.
Deriving historical data on nutrition and diet has always been
difficult due to issues with available sources. This book adopts a
multi-dimensional approach and two complementary methodologies
capable of presenting a more comprehensive picture: the first
analyses diets based on primary sources, while the second examines
the effect of nutritional inequalities on biological living
standards, with special emphasis on average height. This
combination allows for greater precision than previous studies on
the impacts of food inequality. This book will be of significant
interest to scholars from different academic branches, especially
historians, economic historians and historians of science,
economists, and also doctors, endocrinologists, paediatricians,
anthropologists, nutritionists and expert in cooperation and
development.
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