Bread rationing marked the depths of sacrifices on the home front. "World War II put a heavy burden on U.S. supplies of basic materials like food, shoes, metal, paper and rubber," reports the ...

During World War II, a homemaker needed to know not ... As an incentive, the government paid 2 red rationing points and 4 cents for a pound of grease. Rationing was, in effect, a psychological ...

Limiting sugar during the first 1,000 days after conception—the period including pregnancy and the two years after birth—may reduce a child’s risk of diabetes and hypertension in adulthood.

Climate change could be tackled with the help of a World War II-style rationing of petrol, meat and the energy people use in their homes, UK scientists say. They claim that this would help ...

So it caught my attention that next month marks the 80th anniversary of coffee rationing in World War II. Yeah, it might not rank up there with the anniversary of Pearl Harbor or VE Day ...

Joshua Mann, a historian with the Ohio National Guard, demonstrates the use of equipment carried by soldiers in World War II during Saturday’s All Ages History Camp at the Castle in Marietta.

During World War II, sugar was scarce and everyone made do with less. Turns out, sugar rationing might have shielded an entire generation from diabetes and hypertension. The latest research suggests ...

Scientists reached this conclusion, detailed last week in the journal Science, after studying the effects of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom during World War II. Researchers and public ...