NUTRITION AWARD: for Dr. Widdowson
Abstract
Dr Elsie M. Widdowson, the British scientist whose landmark studies of infant body composition have been used for decades to determine babies' nutritional needs, is the winner of the second annual Bristol‐Myers Award for distinguished achievement in nutrition research. This award honours an outstanding scientist for basic or clinical nutrition research. The winner is chosen by a select committee of leading physicians and scientists engaged in nutrition research. Dr Widdowson received the award, a $25,000 cash prize, presented by Bristol‐Myers and its Mead Johnson & Company subsidiary, at the end of 1982 in Washington DC.
Citation
(1983), "NUTRITION AWARD: for Dr. Widdowson", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 83 No. 1, pp. 23-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058936
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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