Shared credit for the identification of kwashiorkor, now known to be the most widespread deficiency disease in the world
Identified dietary fibre as the vitally healthy substance in plant foods which is missing from industrialised Western diets
Invented the term 'Western disease', linking many of the most important diseases, as caused by processed Western food
Challenged the idea that big humans are the most healthy, believing that slow growth and late sexual maturity is best
Dr Hugh Trowell was one of the greatest, most original and influential biological scientists of our time. A brief introduction to his life and work, by his friend and colleague Dr Denis Burkitt