Oprah’s
Diet Recommendations – Wartime Diets and Rations
The chart below is compiled
from The Biology of Human Starvation. [i]
It
lists the number of Calories people consumed, generally under conditions
intended to cause discomfort, suffering, illness and death.
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WARTIME
DIETS AND RATIONS |
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Where |
When |
Daily
Average Kcal |
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Dachau, Germany
Concentration Camp |
April 1945 |
533 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
January 1942 |
898 |
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Dachau, Germany
Concentration Camp |
September 1944 |
1017 |
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Paris Insane Asylum,
April 1941 |
|
1436 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1944 III |
1529 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1944 II |
1585 |
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Russian and British
POWs in Tost, Germany, WWII |
|
1611 |
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Central Prison in
Louvain, Belgium |
July 1941 |
1647 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1944 I |
1656 |
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Central Prison in
Louvain, Belgium |
May 1941 |
1660 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
September 1944 |
1672 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1942 II |
1699 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1943 II |
1724 |
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Paris Insane Asylum,
December 1941 |
|
1740 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1942 III |
1750 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
June 1944 |
1754 |
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Paris Insane Asylum,
September 1941 |
|
1759 |
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Central Prison in
Louvain, Belgium |
October 1940 |
1775 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1943 III |
1783 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1943 IV |
1784 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
July 1944 |
1792 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
October 1944 |
1796 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1942 I |
1810 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
May 1944 |
1814 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1943 I |
1822 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1941 II |
1828 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1941 IV |
1828 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1941 III |
1852 |
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Central Prison in
Louvain, Belgium |
March 1941 |
1860 |
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Paris Insane Asylum,
October 1941 |
|
1862 |
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Food Distributed in
Netherlands - sedentary individuals |
1942 IV |
1876 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
June 1945 |
1892 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
August 1944 |
1911 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
November 1943 |
1916 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
January 1945 |
1921 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
April 1944 |
1940 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
November 1944 |
1975 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
August 1942 |
1981 |
|
German Civilians, WWI |
April 1917 |
1985.4 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
March 1944 |
2006 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
October 1943 |
2009 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
February 1942 |
2010 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
May 1945 |
2015 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
February 1945 |
2029 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
April 1945 |
2034 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
September 1943 |
2046 |
|
Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
March 1942 |
2060 |
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Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
April 1942 |
2060 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
September 1942 |
2068 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
October 1944 |
2069 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
January 1945 |
2070 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
August 1944 |
2071 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
March 1945 |
2079 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
January 1944 |
2105 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
March 1942 |
2138 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
February 1945 |
2147 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
July 1942 |
2151 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
July 1945 |
2161 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
December 1943 |
2164 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
May 1944 |
2173 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
June 1945 |
2197 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
April 1945 |
2209 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
March 1945 |
2211 |
|
Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
June 1942 |
2222 |
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German Civilians, WWI |
July 1916 |
2232.5 |
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French POWs Interned in
Germany, WWI |
|
2245 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
March 1944 |
2247 |
|
Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
May 1942 |
2263 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
April 1944 |
2275 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
November 1944 |
2278 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
May 1945 |
2306 |
|
Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
July 1942 |
2315 |
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Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
February 1943 |
2321 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
July 1943 |
2326 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
June 1944 |
2327 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
June 1943 |
2332 |
|
German Civilians, WWI |
April 1916 |
2343 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
September 1944 |
2350 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
December 1944 |
2411 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
August 1943 |
2412 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
February 1944 |
2420 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
November 1942 |
2430 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
July 1944 |
2431 |
|
Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
August 1942 |
2466 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
May 1942 |
2468 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
October 1943 |
2487 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
January 1944 |
2546 |
|
Changi POW Camp,
Singapore |
September 1942 |
2548 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
September 1943 |
2548 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
November 1943 |
2566 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
April 1942 |
2613 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
July 1945 |
2638 |
|
Internees at Pootung
Civil Assembly Center Outside Shanghai |
December 1944 |
2672 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
February 1944 |
2729 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
October 1942 |
2753 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
January 1943 |
2766 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
December 1943 |
2804 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
May 1943 |
2864 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
February 1943 |
2946 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
December 1942 |
2980 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
April 1943 |
2989 |
|
Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
March 1943 |
3067 |
|
Central Prison in
Louvain, Belgium |
pre-war |
3370 |
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Canadian POWs in
Japanese POW Camp Near Hong Kong |
June 1942 |
4895 |
[i] Data compiled from Keys A, Brozek J, Henschel A, Mickelsen O, Taylor HL. The Biology of Human Starvation. Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press 1950:1239-1246.