Population and Nutrition - Massimo (Universita degli Studi di Firenze Livi-Bacci - Bog

From the time of Malthus, the insufficient supply of food resources has been considered the main constraint of population growth and the main factor in the high mortality prevailing in pre-industrial times. In this essay, the mechanisms of biological, social and cultural nature linking subsistence, mortality and population and determining its short and long-term cycles are discussed.