Unfortunately you’ll also need to account for generally better access to nutrition in the modern era. The immune system has a better chance if you’re not malnourished or starving all winter.
You could probably extrapolate this number by the death rates amongst just the nobility
Although in the modern era, you also run increasingly into problematic pesticides, forever chemicals and food deserts delivering only ultraprocessed food. It generates different types of issues.
But then you also have to account for all the processed garbage food we eat now also. There may be less kids starving now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the general quality of the food has also plummeted.
Not necessarily. Nobiles of the past had a diet similar to ours. Higher fat, carbs, sugars, more processed, not exactly healthy. They were also far less active then their servants and highly, highly, inbred. And while they had healthcare, I wouldn’t necessarily call it good healthcare. Having access to more food energy helps but it isn’t a magic bullet.
Vaccines are 40% necessary for survival.
Unfortunately you’ll also need to account for generally better access to nutrition in the modern era. The immune system has a better chance if you’re not malnourished or starving all winter.
You could probably extrapolate this number by the death rates amongst just the nobility
Although in the modern era, you also run increasingly into problematic pesticides, forever chemicals and food deserts delivering only ultraprocessed food. It generates different types of issues.
But then you also have to account for all the processed garbage food we eat now also. There may be less kids starving now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the general quality of the food has also plummeted.
Not necessarily. Nobiles of the past had a diet similar to ours. Higher fat, carbs, sugars, more processed, not exactly healthy. They were also far less active then their servants and highly, highly, inbred. And while they had healthcare, I wouldn’t necessarily call it good healthcare. Having access to more food energy helps but it isn’t a magic bullet.