title: Historical perspectives: food, feeding, and fancies.
abstract: An historical overview of feeding habits is presented. Effects of food and feeding on human activity through the ages, changes in dietary habits and its effect on health, and beliefs and decisions about eating are reviewed. Lessons to be learned are offered from this historical perspective.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004033:Diet Fads / Q000266:history; D005060:Europe; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005502:Food; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012279:Rickets / Q000266:history; D012614:Scurvy / Q000266:history; D014481:United States