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
Breastfeeding, also known as nursing, is the process where breast milk is fed to a child. Infants may suck the milk directly from the breast, or milk may be extracted with a Breast pump, pump and then fed to the infant. The World Health Orga ...
.
She joined the
World Health Organization
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in 1984, working at their regional office for Europe on matters related to nutrition, until 1996.
She served as president of the 8th European Nutrition Conference; and as president of the
Federation of European Nutrition Societies from 1999 to 2003.
She was a founder of the Norwegian support group for mothers, , whose first meeting was held in her house in 1968, and which inspired the Swedish equivalent.
She is an honorary member of both.
She was given the
Mediterranean Diet Foundation's first
Grande Covian Award in 1996, and received the Norwegian
King's Medal of Merit
The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...
in Gold, for services to the people in 2003.
Helsing died on 26 January 2019.
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1940 births
Place of birth missing
Norwegian physiologists
Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold
Nutritionists
2019 deaths
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