Thank you, I have noticed that also about the different occupations - I think the harder the job the better the health, I never try to put a villager thats getting weaker in research, they always seem to die faster. I was finally starting to get villagers health back and I had 400 food, but than the harvesting was gone so now they have been down to zero food for over and hour and half on normal mode (I have been trying to get them to pick berries but they don't want to stay with this job) and the field isn't being replenished for some reason - hopefully it will grow soon before they all loose there health again.

I have also noticed that keeping it on the cradle makes it easier to prosper - it seemed that everytime I shut it off the food supply would dwindle faster.

Alright, after I finished typing this the field finally replenished, now maybe I can back to good health - hopefully not to have it happen again.