John Garrow Explained

John Garrow
Birth Date:19 April 1929
Birth Place:Dundee
Death Place:South Cave
Nationality:British
Field:Nutrition
Work Institutions:St Bartholomew's Hospital
Northwick Park Hospital
Alma Mater:University of St Andrews

John Stuart Garrow (19 April 1929  - 22 June 2016) was a British nutritionist.[1] He was the editor of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition from 1988 to 1999.

Career

Garrow was born in Dundee. He was formerly Professor of Human Nutrition, University of London, Honorary consultant physician St Bartholomew's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, Royal London Hospital and Northwick Park Hospital.

He was the head of Nutrition Research Unit at the MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, and member of Department of Health Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA); Chair of the Joint Advisory Committee on Nutrition Education and the Chair of Association for the Study of Obesity.

He was the chairman of HealthWatch (formerly the Campaign against Health Fraud) from 1991–1993, 1997–1999, 2003–2005.[2]

Garrow was a critic of television personality Gillian McKeith over her pseudoscientific approach to human nutrition.[3] [4] He wrote over 200 peer-reviewed papers on human nutrition.

He died on 22 June 2016 at the age of 87.[5]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. James, W. P. T. (2016). Obituary for Professor John Stuart Garrow 19 April 1929 – 22 June 2016. International Journal of Obesity 40: 1607.
  2. Web site: HealthWatch UK - The Committee . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070428143343/http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/committee.html . 2007-04-28 .
  3. [Ben Goldacre]
  4. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/john-garrow-nutritionist/1945AAA8224EB8A4AE56D26ABFEA15EB/core-reader "John Garrow, nutritionist"
  5. http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4290 Obituaries John Garrow