How the mid-Victorians worked, ate and died.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 6(3): 1235-53, 2009 03.
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| ID: mdl-19440443
ABSTRACT
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.
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Expectativa de Vida
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Causas de Morte
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Dieta
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2009
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