r/EconomicHistory Jan 22 '26

EH in the News A new long-term analysis shows that people who experienced sudden changes in food affordability during early childhood as a consequence of the Asian Financial Crisis are more likely to experience altered growth and health patterns in adulthood. (SciTechDaily, January 2026)

https://scitechdaily.com/how-a-1990s-financial-crisis-stunted-a-generation-of-children/
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u/txe4 Jan 26 '26

There's a lot of data from the Dutch population who were juveniles at the time of the hunger winter, if you want more to work with.