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Children’s Diet during the Early Stages of the Nutritional Transition. The Foundlings in the Hospital of Valencia (Spain), 1852–1931

Salvador CalatayudFrancisco J. Medina-albaladejo

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Adultnutritional balanceCalorieinequalityHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPopulationNutritional StatusStandard of livingArticleAge groupsMedicineHumanshospital dietseducationeducation.field_of_studybusiness.industrydigestive oral and skin physiologyRPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthEuropean populationliving standardsHospitalsDietHomogeneousSpain19th and 20th centuriesMedicinenutritional transitionchildren nutritionbusinessEdible GrainDemography

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The nutritional transition brought about profound changes in the nutrition of the European population in the 19th and 20th centuries. The predominant consumption of cereals gave way to kilocalorie-, protein-, vitamin- and mineral-rich diets that involved a greater intake of animal products. However, not all population groups underwent this transition at the same pace

10.3390/ijerph182211999http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8621777