title: Protein supply and nutritional status in nineteenth century Bavaria, Prussia and France.
abstract: What determined regional height differences in the 19th century? We compare anthropometric evidence with production estimates of different food products and other economic variables. To this end, we concentrate on 179 rural regions and 29 towns in Bavaria (Southeast Germany). This regionally disaggregated level of analysis enables us to study the influence of the local supply of different food products on the nutritional status of the population, among which milk turned out particularly important. This result is tested and confirmed with regional data from Prussia and France.
authors.affiliation: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultat, University of Tuebingen, Mohlstrasse 36, D-72074 Tuebingen, Germany. joerg.baten@uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baten
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000266:history / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004032:Diet / Q000266:history*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000266:history* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005523:Food Supply / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology; D055787:Prussia; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins