Editing Human nutrition (section)

=== Institutionalization of nutritional science in the 1950s ===
{{Main|Nutritional science}}
''Nutritional science'' as a separate, independent science discipline was institutionalized in the 1950s. At the instigation of the British physiologist [[John Yudkin]] at the [[University of London]], the degrees Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in nutritional science were established. The first students were admitted in 1953, and in 1954 the Department of Nutrition was officially opened.<ref name=Davies24July1995>Davies, Louise (24 July 1995). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-yudkin-1593131.html "Obituary: John Yudkin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218163829/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-yudkin-1593131.html |date=2019-12-18 }}, ''The Independent''.</ref> In Germany, institutionalization followed in November 1956, when Hans-Diedrich Cremer was appointed to the chair for human nutrition in Giessen. Over time, seven other universities with similar institutions followed in Germany.<ref>Gertrud Rehner (1 June 2007): ''[http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2007/4777/pdf/SdF-2007-1_26-29.pdf 50 Jahre Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft in Gießen – Ein Rückblick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314170230/http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2007/4777/pdf/SdF-2007-1_26-29.pdf |date=2022-03-14 }}''. In: Der Präsident der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Hrsg.): ''Spiegel der Forschung'', pp.&nbsp;26–30 (German only)</ref> From the 1950s to 1970s, a focus of nutritional science was on [[dietary fat]] and [[sugar]]. From the 1970s to the 1990s, attention was put on diet-related chronic diseases and [[Dietary supplement|supplementation]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Mozaffarian | first1=Dariush | last2=Rosenberg | first2=Irwin | last3=Uauy | first3=Ricardo | date=13 June 2018 | title=History of modern nutrition science—implications for current research, dietary guidelines, and food policy | journal=[[The BMJ]] | volume=361 | article-number=k2392 | publication-place=London | publisher=[[BMJ (company)|BMJ]] | doi=10.1136/bmj.k2392 | doi-access=free <!-- | issn=0959-8138 --> | jstor=26961096| pmid=29899124 | pmc=5998735 }}</ref>