Born in Paris in 1920, JEAN MAYERreceived his MS. from the University of Paris when he was nineteen years old. After serving for fire years with the Free French forces, he came to Yale for his Ph.D. and is now a U.S. citizen. Dr. Mayer is associate professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and a member of the FAO-WHO Joint Expert Committee on Nutrition.
DR. JEAN MAYER, associate professor of nutrition in the Department of Nutri~ lion, Harvard School of Public Health, is also a lecturer on the history of public health at Harvard and a consultant in nutrition to the Children’s Medical Center, He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
The son of a famous French physiologist, JEAN MAYER came to the United States before the war to pursue his studies; but the war called him home, and as a Gaullist he fought for five years with the Free French forces. He got a Ph.D. at Yale Medical School in 1948, a D.Sc. from the Sorbonne, and in 1950 joined the faculty of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, where his studies on obesity have attracted wide attention. This is the last of three articles by Dr. Mayer.
The son of a famous French physiologist. JEAN MAYER come to the United States before the war to pursue his studies; but the tear called him home, and as a Gaullist he fought for five years with the Free French forces. He got a Ph.D. at Yale Medical School in 1948, a D.Sc. from the Sorbonne, and in 1950 joined the faculty of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, where his studies on obesity have attracted wide attention. Last month we published his first article, entitled ”Exercise Does Keep the Weight Dawn.”
The son of a famous French physiologist, JEAN MAYERcame to the United States before the war to pursue his studies; but the war called him home, and as a Gaullist he fought for five years with the Free French forces. He got a Ph.D. at Yale Medical School in 1948, a D.Sc. from the Sorbonne, and in 1950 joined the faculty of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, where his studies on obesity have attracted wide attention.