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courtesy of Alan Pater:

I found it interesting that 18 of 36 still alive in 2003.

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History of Nutrition:Leah M. Kalm and D. SembaThey Starved So That Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the MinnesotaExperimentJ. Nutr. 2005 135: 1347-1352.

During World War II, 36 conscientious objectors participated in a study of humanstarvation conducted by Ancel Keys and his colleagues at the University ofMinnesota. The Minnesota Starvation Experiment, as it was later known, was agrueling study meant to gain insight into the physical and psychologic effects ofsemistarvation and the problem of refeeding civilians who had been starved duringthe war. During the experiment, the participants were subjected to semistarvation inwhich most lost >25% of their weight, and many experienced anemia, fatigue, apathy,extreme weakness, irritability, neurological deficits, and lower extremity edema. In2003–2004, 18 of the original 36 participants were still alive and were interviewed.Many came from the Historic Peace Churches (Mennonite, Brethren, and Quaker), andall expressed strong convictions about nonviolence and wanting to make a meaningfulcontribution during the war. Despite ethical issues about subjecting healthy humansto starvation, the men interviewed were unanimous in saying that they would do itall over again, even after knowing the suffering that they had experienced. Afterthe experiment ended, many of the participants went on to rebuilding war-tornEurope, working in the ministries, diplomatic careers, and other activities relatedto nonviolence.