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Elsie Widdowson

1906 - 2000

Personal Information

Born: 1906

Died: 2000

Professional Life

Food scientist :: was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance, a pediatrician, physiologist, biochemist, and nutritionist, were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II.[2]