To investigate the nutritional status of the population of the UK during the Second World War, nutritional surveys were commissioned in 1941. These included surveys of two groups of pregnant women: the first comprised 120 working-class women who were studied in the spring of 1942, and a second group of 253 women in 1944. Both groups were followed up until after delivery. Detailed biochemical assessments were performed on each subject. Our statistical analysis of the haematological data showed that nearly 25% of women from the 1942 group were deficient in protein, over 60% were deficient in Fe and vitamin A, and over 70% had severe vitamin C deficiency. The findings were reported to the Ministries of Health and Food who instigated a food sup...
We sought to investigate whether programmes were designed to protect the health of pregnant women in...
Publication authorized May 10, 1945.Includes bibliographical references (page 12)
<div><p>Nutrition security describes the adequacy of the food supply to meet not only energy but als...
The paper examines nutrition surveys and the reconfiguration of food standards during the World War ...
We describe a nutritional intervention by the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Division...
Under marginal nutritional conditions, growth in utero is related to subsequent growth and adult hei...
When the first draftees, representative of the manhood of the nation, were called for physical exami...
There is a vast literature on the health effects of in utero malnutrition, with the Dutch famine of...
Promoting the intake of Vitamin C to keep the family fit during World War II. Includes a listing of ...
At the onset of the First World War, Germany was subject to a shipping embargo by the Allied forces....
We reassess the changes in British working-class diets through the First World War. The 1918 Sumner ...
This report adresses various aspects of the specific nutritional requirements of pregnant and lactat...
This report adresses various aspects of the specific nutritional requirements of pregnant and lactat...
This dissertation examines the emergence of nutrition science in the 20th century and the first coho...
Ideas concerning relationships between diet and health in the UK are traced from the 1904 Comittee ...
We sought to investigate whether programmes were designed to protect the health of pregnant women in...
Publication authorized May 10, 1945.Includes bibliographical references (page 12)
<div><p>Nutrition security describes the adequacy of the food supply to meet not only energy but als...
The paper examines nutrition surveys and the reconfiguration of food standards during the World War ...
We describe a nutritional intervention by the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Division...
Under marginal nutritional conditions, growth in utero is related to subsequent growth and adult hei...
When the first draftees, representative of the manhood of the nation, were called for physical exami...
There is a vast literature on the health effects of in utero malnutrition, with the Dutch famine of...
Promoting the intake of Vitamin C to keep the family fit during World War II. Includes a listing of ...
At the onset of the First World War, Germany was subject to a shipping embargo by the Allied forces....
We reassess the changes in British working-class diets through the First World War. The 1918 Sumner ...
This report adresses various aspects of the specific nutritional requirements of pregnant and lactat...
This report adresses various aspects of the specific nutritional requirements of pregnant and lactat...
This dissertation examines the emergence of nutrition science in the 20th century and the first coho...
Ideas concerning relationships between diet and health in the UK are traced from the 1904 Comittee ...
We sought to investigate whether programmes were designed to protect the health of pregnant women in...
Publication authorized May 10, 1945.Includes bibliographical references (page 12)
<div><p>Nutrition security describes the adequacy of the food supply to meet not only energy but als...