Article ID: CBB000042062

The “discovery” of colonial malnutrition (1987)

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Description Discusses the British government's recognition of nutritional problems in its colonies (i.e. Kenya, South Africa) during the 1930s.


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Authors & Contributors
Zurbrigg, Sheila
Joshua Frens-String
Lacey Sparks
Welk-Joerger, Nicole
Todd Tucker
González Santacruz, María
Journals
Society for the Social History of Medicine Bulletin
Social Science and Medicine
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Journal of the History of Biology
Journal of Nutrition
Publishers
Routledge India
Springer Nature
University of Minnesota Press
University of California Press
Pickering & Chatto
Johns Hopkins University Press
Concepts
Nutrition; dietetics
Food and foods
Public health
Hunger
Food science; food technology
Famines
People
Richards, Audrey Isabel
McCollum, Elmer Verner
Keys, Ancel
Galen
Eijkman, Christiaan
Bordehore, José Chabás
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Ancient
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Africa
British Isles
South Asia
Lesotho
United States
Spain
Institutions
United States. Food and Drug Administration
University of Minnesota
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