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About Lydia Roberts
Lydia Jane Roberts (1879–1965) was a pioneering nutritionist in childhood nutrition, especially in creating government nutrition standards like the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) of minerals and vitamins. She studied and taught at the University of Chicago, receiving her Ph.D. in home economics in 1928 and later becoming department chair in 1930.
Everything about Lydia Roberts →- Occupation
- scientist, nutritionist, educator, university teacher
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1879, June 30, 1879
- Died
- 1965, May 28, 1965