Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
1939
A dentist's account of travels in the 1930s to isolated communities in the Swiss Alps, the Outer Hebrides, the Arctic, North America, the Pacific islands, Africa, Australia, and Peru. In each place Price examined teeth and photographed faces, comparing people on their traditional diet with relatives who had switched to white flour, sugar, and canned goods. He reports more tooth decay and narrower dental arches in the modernized groups, and analyzes the nutrient content of the traditional foods.