yes and no. if you look at how the numbers are collected and aggregated life expectancy was actually a bimodal distribution and the average was impacted by infa

yes and no. if you look at how the numbers are collected and aggregated life expectancy was actually a bimodal distribution and the average was impacted by infant mortality. If you remove that you will see that the improvement in life expectancy is not as impressive. Also, it may be that the increase is not due to caloric intake as much as it is due to technological progress. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectancy_vs._maximum_life_span https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectanc...