Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr (1995) 4: 203
Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr (1995) 4: 203
Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society
1995 Award
PROFESSOR GU JING-FAN
By: Dr CS Lo
MD PhD JP
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Professor Gu Jing-Fan was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu province,
China on November 3, 1927. He is one of the most outstanding nutritionists
in China and in the Asia Pacific Area. He has been engaged in scientific
research on nutritional requirements, nutritional assessment and nutritional
biochemistry and metabolism for more than 40 years. He is Research
Professor of Nutrition in the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental
Medicine, Tianjin, China and was Director of the Institute. He graduated
from Yenching University in 1948 and from Peking Union Medical University
in 1952. He was the immediate past President and now is Vice-President
of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Vice-President of the Chinese Society
of Food Science and Technology, member of the State Consultative Committee
of Food and Nutrition, Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation
of Asian Nutrition Societies, the Chief Editor of Acta Nutrimenta
Sinica and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Asia
Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He and his colleagues in
China developed a crystalline amino-acid solution for intravenous
infusion, for which they won the National Scientific and Technological
Award. Recently he has furthered the understanding of metabolic changes
after trauma and the consequential nutrient requirements during management.
Studies of the antiarteriosclerotic action of the mono-unsaturated
fatty acid source, teaseed oil, have indicated that atheroma may be
decreased through blood lipid lowering, reduced blood coagulation,
and anti-lipid peroxidation. He has edited 8 books including: "Clinical
Nutrition", "Intravenous Nutrition", "Specialised
Nutrition" and the Chinese edition of "Patient Problems
in Clinical Nutrition". Through his active support for the discipline
of Clinical Nutrition, he played a key role in the mid to late 1980s
in its development in hospitals throughout China.
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Nutrition]. All rights reserved.
Revised:
January 19, 1999
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