Long before grocery inflation or hoarding of toilet paper, there was a different kind of issue with the food supply: lack of volume. Throughout World War II, the U.S. saw severe shortages of items ...

A rare “natural experiment” from 1950s UK sugar rationing reveals that lower sugar exposure in the first 1,000 days of life may lead to healthier hearts and fewer cardiovascular events decades later.

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...