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Well, I guess people weren't starving like they were in the 30's, so must have been a roaring great time?

It reads like some answer to a generative AI alt-universe. We can probably expect more of this kind of thing like any history on wiki before 1993.



Counterintuitive fact: in the UK, rationing improved nutrition. Infant and child mortality in particular declined - milk consumption among the very young increased, while everyone decreased consumption of fats, refined sugars and meat, mostly in favour of vegetables and fortified whole-grain bread.




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