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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Extracts from his ADB entry:
"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."
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Clements, Frederick W., A History of Human Nutrition in Australia (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1986), 235 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Gillespie, James, 'Clements, Frederick William (Fred) (1904-1995), public-health physician, researcher, and educator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2021). https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clements-frederick-william-fred-28121. Details
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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Created: 31 July 2023, Last modified: 6 October 2023