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| 1979 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || General || Organization (charity) || {{w|Feed the Children}} is founded. It is a non-profit organization focused on alleviating childhood hunger.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feed the Children |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/feed-the-children/#4901991567ad |website=forbes.com |accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Feed the Children |url=https://www.feedthechildren.org/about/ |website=feedthechildren.org |accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1979 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || General || Medical development || {{w|Bulimia nervosa}} is first described by British psychiatrist {{w|Gerald Russell}} as a "chronic phase of anorexia nervosa" in which patients overeat and then use compensatory mechanisms, such as self-induced vomiting, laxatives, or prolonged periods of starvation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Castillo |first1=M |last2=Weiselberg |first2=E |title=Bulimia Nervosa/Purging Disorder. |doi=10.1016/j.cppeds.2017.02.004 |pmid=28532966 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28532966}}</ref> ||{{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1979 || General || General || Organization || The {{w|Federation of European Nutrition Societies}} is established to support the European nutritional science community and European Nutrition Conferences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Federation of European Nutrition Societies |url=https://fensnutrition.org/membership/ |website=fensnutrition.org |accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref> ||
