Person

Clements, Frederick William (Fred) (1904 - 1995)

Born
18 September 1904
Young, New South Wales, Australia
Died
22 May 1995
Nerang, Queensland, Australia

Summary

Fred Clements, a public-heatlh physician, researcher and educator, developed an enduring interest in the health of the Australian population with a particular focus on nutrition. He was Director of the Australian Institute of Anatomy, Canberra, 1938-1949.

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"From May 1949 to July 1951 Clements was foundation chief of the World Health Organization's nutrition division in Geneva. He steered WHO towards his interests in the health effects of micronutritional deficiencies, such as goitre and kwashiorkor."

"Alongside his numerous academic publications, Clements had a long-standing commitment to popular education in nutrition: You and Your Food (1967), co-authored with the dietitian Josephine Rogers, ran to six editions. His research focused on Aboriginal nutrition, especially of children, and on goitre in Tasmania."

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Books

  • Clements, Frederick W., A History of Human Nutrition in Australia (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1986), 235 pp. Details

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Journal Articles

  • Rogers, J, 'Obituary. Frederick William Clements 1904-1995', Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 52 (3) (1995), 163-4. Details

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