Book ID: CBB809511253

The Great Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys and the Men Who Starved for Science (2007)

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Todd Tucker (Author)


University of Minnesota Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 296
Language: English

Near the end of World War II, thirty-six conscientious objectors volunteered to be systematically starved for renowned scientist Ancel Keys's study at the University of Minnesota in the basement of Memorial Stadium. Aimed to benefit relief efforts in war-ravaged Europe and Asia, the study sought the best way to rehabilitate starving citizens. Tucker captures a lost moment in American history—a time when stanch idealism and a deep willingness to sacrifice trumped even basic human needs.

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Authors & Contributors
Zurbrigg, Sheila
Scott-Smith, Tom
Mike Murphy
William J. Smyth
Barbara Coffin
Lansing Shepard
Concepts
Nutrition; dietetics
Public health
Food and foods
Hunger
Famines
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Modern
20th century, late
Places
United States
Minnesota (U.S.)
South Asia
Spain
China
Asia
Institutions
University of Minnesota
Bell Museum of Natural History
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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