Author: Helen S Mitchell
Alternate names: Mitchell, Helen S. (Helen Swift), 1895-1984; Mitchell, Helen S. 1895-; Helen S. Mitchell American nutritionist; Mitchell, Helen S.; Mitchell, H.S. (Helen S.); Mitchell, Helen S. 1895-1984; Mitchell, Helen S. (Helen Swift); Mitchell, Helen S. (Helen Swift), 1895-
Born: 1895
Died: 1984
Bio: Helen Swift Mitchell (September 21, 1895 - December 12, 1984) was an American biochemist and nutritionist. She was the research director at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and taught courses in nutrition at Battle Creek College and University of Massachusetts and later became an exchange professor at Hokkaido University in Japan. During World War II, she was part of government committees that did research on nutrition and was critical of fad diets that came about during that time. She did research on and published works about the dietary conditions of rats,[1] and later co-authored the textbook Nutrition in Health and Disease. -Wikipedia