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[转载]国际营养学界领导者Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw 去世
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国际营养学界领导者Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw 去世， 他是中国营养学界许多专家的朋友，下面是国际联合大学的祷文和FAO 追念词。表示哀悼。 It is with great sorrow that the
United Nations University announces the death of Dr. Nevin S.
Scrimshaw, Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and founder of the World Hunger Programme
of the United Nations University. Dr. Scrimshaw, age 95, died on
Friday, 8 February 2013 from congestive heart
failure. During a career spanning seven decades and over 100 countries Dr. Scrimshaw dedicated his life’s work to the alleviation of malnutrition and hunger, benefiting the lives of millions of people throughout the developing world. As a public health pioneer he championed the development of numerous malnutrition solutions, and led a number of research programs and institutes. In 1949 Dr. Scrimshaw was founding Director of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, the first international research institute to focus on the study of malnutrition. He devoted 12 years to leading that Institute while also serving as regional advisor in nutrition to the World Health Organization. Dr. Scrimshaw joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1961 as a professor of human nutrition; his groundbreaking work there earned him several awards and distinctions, including the rank of Institute Professsor — a position only conferred upon distinguished scholars of special accomplishment. He retired from MIT in 1988. In 1975 Dr. Scrimshaw organized the World Hunger Programme at the United Nations University. He directed the UNU Food and Nutrition Programme until 31 December 1997, and continued thereafter to serve as Senior Advisor. Dr. Scrimshaw was also founder and continuing Honorary President of the Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, which was initiated through a partnership with UNU in 1984. Throughout his career, Dr. Scrimshaw focused his work around the principle of preventing malnutrition through locally produced, low-cost foods. His research yielded many affordable and accessible nutritional supplements to fight protein, iron and iodine deficiencies, while his practical philosophy and training inspired scientists throughout the world, including hundreds of scientists from developing countries. Dr. Scrimshaw received dozens of awards and honours throughout his career, with a highlight being the 1991 World Food Prize in recognition of a “lifetime of action to alleviate malnutrition in developing nations”. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Mary Scrimshaw, five children, ten grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. FAO pays tribute to Dr Nevin Scrimshaw |
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1 March 2013, Rome - The UN Food and Agriculture
Organization today paid tribute to the prominent US food scientist
Dr Nevin S. Scrimshaw, who recently died at age 95.
The Organization said in a statement: "It was with great sorrow that FAO learned of the death of Dr Scrimshaw. During a career spanning over 70 years he dedicated his life's work to the alleviation of malnutrition and hunger, benefiting the lives of millions of people throughout the developing world. As a one of the original nutrition pioneers, he developed and promoted numerous malnutrition solutions through his leadership of research programmes and establishment of dedicated nutrition institutes. "He will be remembered for his innumerable accomplishments, but for FAO his most enduring legacy will be in the area of food composition. Dr. Scrimshaw recognized very early in his career that food composition data provides the fundamental underpinning to every activity in nutrition. "At the same time, he observed with dismay that many nutrition interventions were being implemented throughout the world with no understanding of the nutrient contents of local foods and diets. Under the auspices of United Nations University, he created the International Network of Food Data Systems, INFOODS, in the mid-1980s to address this neglected work. In the mid-1990's, FAO joined with UNU in support of INFOODS, and since 1999 FAO has hosted the INFOODS Secretariat. Food composition still under-valued "Owing to Dr Scrimshaw's vision, INFOODS and its Regional Data Centres have been active and productive for almost 25 years. Food composition is still under-valued in nutrition, as Dr. Scrimshaw noted in his keynote address to the 8th International Food Data Conference in Bangkok in 2009, but its importance is increasingly being recognized by other sectors, including trade, where nutrition labeling is important, and by the environmental sector, where sustainable diets are an issue. It was at this Conference that the first Nevin Scrimshaw prize was awarded, and Dr Scrimshaw was, fittingly, its first recipient. "Dr. Scrimshaw was the founder and Honorary President of the Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, and the recipient of hundreds of awards and honors, the highlight being the 1991 World Food Prize in recognition of a "lifetime of action to alleviate malnutrition in developing nations". Barbara Burlingame, FAO's Principal Nutrition Officer and INFOODS coordinator from 1995-2011, added: "Dr Scrimshaw will be remembered as the nutrition world's superhero, and we in FAO's Nutrition Division will always honor his legacy." |
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