Meyer, Anja2017-03-102016-10Meyer, A 2016, 'Assessment of diet and recognition of nutritional deficiencies in paleopathological studies : a review', Clinical Anatomy, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 862-869.0897-3806 (print)1098-2353 (online)10.1002/ca.22696http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59375An essential part of paleopathology is the study of diet and nutrition as well as inferring aspects of diet and nutrition from the skeletal pathology. Interpretation of nutritional and metabolic disease-related pathologies often provides additional insight into the daily social and cultural practices of people. However, precise diagnoses of specific vitamin-related deficiencies in archaeological skeletal remains are still quite problematic and specific diagnoses are rarely possible. This partly stems from the fact that many nutritional or metabolic diseases do not necessarily result in an osteological response and when they do, the comorbidity and analogous osteological responses to vitamin deficiencies may hamper the definite diagnosis of nutrition-related disease.en© 2016 Wiley Periodicals Inc. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Assessment of diet and recognition of nutritional deficiencies in paleopathological studies : a review, Clinical Anatomy, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 862-869, 2017. doi :10.1002/ca.22696, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.comjournal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-2353.PaleopathologyMalnutritionNutritional deficienciesMetabolic diseaseBoneHealth sciences articles SDG-03SDG-03: Good health and well-beingHealth sciences articles SDG-17SDG-17: Partnerships for the goalsPostprint Article