Elisabet Helsing
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Dr Elisabet Helsing | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1940 |
| Died | 26 January 2019 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Nutritional physiologist |
Dr Elisabet Helsing DrMedSci (3 June 1940 – 26 January 2019) was a Norwegian nutritional physiologist.
Helsing attended the University of Oslo, and subsequently wrote on and campaigned for natural breastfeeding.[1]
She joined the World Health Organization in 1984, working at their regional office for Europe on matters related to nutrition, until 1996.[1]
She served as president of the 8th European Nutrition Conference; and as president of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies from 1999 to 2003.[1]
She was a founder of the Norwegian support group for mothers, Ammehjelepen, whose first meeting was held in her house in 1968, and which inspired the Swedish equivalent.[1][2] She is an honorary member of both.[1][2]
She was given the Mediterranean Diet Foundation's first Grande Covian Award in 1996, and received the Norwegian King's Medal of Merit in Gold, for services to the people in 2003.[1]
Helsing died on 26 January 2019.[3]
