TIL: In the 1940s and 50s, the Government of Canada approved "nutrition studies" on First Nations communities, primarily kids in residential schools, to determine the bare minimum necessities of survival. (ie, how much can we starve people before they ...

[mayintoronto@mstdn.ca]

TIL: In the 1940s and 50s, the Government of Canada approved "nutrition studies" on First Nations communities, primarily kids in residential schools, to determine the bare minimum necessities of survival. (ie, how much can we starve people before they die)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations_nutrition_experiments

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