Nevin Stewart Scrimshaw

摘要

Nevin Scrimshaw will be remembered not only for the practical contributions he made in improving nutrition in developing countries, but for creating institutions with a global impact in advancing the discipline as a science and encouraging its wider application. "He created INCAP [the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama] which became a model for developing countries in building their capacity in nutrition science", says Professor Irwin Rosenberg, Board Chair of the International Nutrition Foundation (INF). "He enlarged the world's nutrition capacity with his leadership of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) food science programme. He developed the United Nations University nutrition programme. And he was one of those people who said it wasn't enough to recognise a problem scientifically. It was essential to work out what to do about it." Scrimshaw's translation of scientific ideas into practice through feeding programmes and the like has saved millions of lives. "As a record of achievement", adds Rosenberg, "it's unique".