Access to Food and the Biological Standard of Living: Perspectives on the Nutritional Status of Native Americans

John Komlos

Articles by John Komlos from Department of Economics, University of Munich

Abstract: The Nutritional status of the plains Indians was relatively high because they lived close to a rich supply of proteins: the bison. Same patterns can be observed in other pre- and early-industrial societies.

Keywords: Biological standard of living; nutritional status; native Americans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in American Economic Review, 2003, 90 (1), 252-255

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