International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
How the Mid-Victorians Worked, Ate and Died |
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Paul Clayton1  | |
[1] School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK | |
关键词: Public health; dietary shift; degenerative disease; Victorian; | |
DOI : 10.3390/ijerph6031235 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Analysis of the mid-Victorian period in the U.K. reveals that life expectancy at age 5 was as good or better than exists today, and the incidence of degenerative disease was 10% of ours. Their levels of physical activity and hence calorific intakes were approximately twice ours. They had relatively little access to alcohol and tobacco; and due to their correspondingly high intake of fruits, whole grains, oily fish and vegetables, they consumed levels of micro- and phytonutrients at approximately ten times the levels considered normal today. This paper relates the nutritional status of the mid-Victorians to their freedom from degenerative disease; and extrapolates recommendations for the cost-effective improvement of public health today.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.
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