The AMA Board of Trustees announced that the 1981 Goldberger Award in Clinical Nutrition will be given to Hilda Bruch, M.D., Life Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Bruch's extensive research in childhood obesity and eating disorders was cited as a significant contribution to the field of Clinical Nutrition.

Now Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Bruch has published more than 100 books and papers on eating disorders, including obesity and anorexia nervosa. She was nominated for the Award by the American Psychiatric Association and will also this year receive the APA's Founder's Award.