In the Netherlands, an immediate baby boom followed the end of WWII and the baby bust of the 1930s. I propose a novel …

rates and calories varied with economic development. During the 19th century, black physical activity and net nutrition … expectancy was not likely due to improved nutrition. Physically active farmers had greater BMRs and received more calories per … day than workers in other occupations. Black diets, nutrition, and calories varied by residence, and rural blacks in the …

association between conditions at ages 8-12 and the grandchild's over-all and cardiovascular and diabetes mortality in a single … animal studies. We provide an external validation by analyzing the impact of the German famine of 1916-1918 on children and … grandchildren of those exposed to the famine at ages 8-12. Our findings support and extend the evidence so far. Among the third …

provide exogenous variation in the provision of nutrition. However, living through a famine early in life does not necessarily …Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing … individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably …

health scores if their paternal grandfather (maternal grandmother) was exposed to a famine during preadolescence. These …

may exceed famine effects by at least a factor three. …