Saturday, April 5, 2008

Carmen L. Intengan(Nutritionist)

Give man a fish and he will have a meal for a day; teach him how to catch fish and he will have a meal for a lifetime." Those were the words of Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Dr. Carmen L. Intengan, nevertheless, pushed it a bit further. As a researcher and a science administrator, she has contributed to the advancement of nutrition in the country, having served as the director of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute from 1974-1980.

"Nutrition is definitely the key to a healthy individual. Healthy individuals make a healthy nation."

Awards for Dr. Intengan include: Presidential Award for outstanding contribution in basic nutrition research in the past decade (1957), FIDA Ten Outstanding Women Award (1967), Presidential award of merit for science (1968), and the NRCP Achievement award (1983)

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