Remarkable to learn that rationing from 1940 to 1954 actually improved the diets of many poorer people. Infant mortality rates declined and the average age at which people died from natural causes increased.
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Als antwoord op @mrjamesob
No. of children fell, more resources available. Starvation in the 40s led to epigenetic modification of our DNA which is why so many middle aged and elderly are now obese. Stress of WW2 led to coronary disease and deaths decades later. Long term, starvation stresses damage you
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley @mrjamesob
Major stresses on the home front, too, eg shipyard workers on massive overtime. Or my grandfather, medical exemption but still looking after the stores of a Home Guard battalion in addition to a full time job - taken by a heart attack at 48
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Terrible and part of war time stress. Studies in Japan show heart attacks surge a few days after major earthquakes. Sorry to hear it.
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