E. Neige Todhunter

Elizabeth Neige Todhunter (6 July 1901 – 1991) was a New Zealand born American nutritionist and writer. Her lectures and publications promoted interest in the history of nutrition science.

Biography

Todhunter was born on a farm at Burwood, Christchurch. She was educated at the University of Otago where she obtained her M.Sc. in 1925. She was Associate Professor of Home Economics at the State College of Washington (1934–1941). Todhunter was Director of the Research Laboratory of Human Nutrition at the University of Alabama, and was Professor and Dean of the Department of Food and Nutrition (1953–1966).

Selected publications

Everyday Nutrition (1935) Factors Affecting the Nutritive Value of Foods (1939) Nutrition Experiments for Classroom Teaching (1940) Everyday Nutrition for School Children (1945) Nutrition Teaching: Suggestions and Devices (1953) The Story of Nutrition (1959) Some Aspects of the History of Dietetics (1965) Development of Knowledge in Nutrition (1967) Essays on History of Nutrition and Dietetics (with Adelia M. Beeuwkes and Emma Seifrit Weigley, 1967) Food and Man (with Miriam Lowenberg, Eva D. Wilson, Moira C. Feeney and Jane R. Savage, 1968)