The Transformation of Hunger Revisited: Reply
指出Gazeley等人2015年研究中热量水平被高估,因其用现代食物分布换算历史人口热量,导致结果反映现代饮食而非历史实际。
The higher calorie levels reported in Gazeley, Newell, Bezabith (2015) are a function of a conversion of food quantities to calories that is weighted towards contemporary, calorie-rich foods. Their conversion uses the full distribution of contemporary foods and should not be applied to historical populations. Since Gazeley, Newell, Bezabith assume that industrial workers in the past had access to contemporary foods, the revised calorie levels reflect contemporary diets rather than historical diets.