the pediatric and nutritional fields, including the , the United States Academy of Pediatrics, the Third World Scientific Academy, and academies of England, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina. Barros was an advisor to specialized committees of the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization. In 1989, Barros tried unsuccessfully to present his candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic in the 1989 election. His application was rejected by the on 24 August of that year, as his lists of sponsoring voters exceeded the allowed percentage of sponsors registered in political parties. Publications In addition to the publication of about 130 articles in specialized journals, Mönckeberg Barros has written some 65 chapters in specialized books, and also 12 of his own works. He is the director of the journal Creces, a publication through which the "Educational program for scientific dissemination" has been developed since 1980, aimed at middle and high school levels and medical professionals, and part of the set of programs implemented by CONIN. Jaque al subdesarrollo (1973; translated into several languages) Chile y sus recursos naturales (1975) Políticas de alimentación y nutrición en Chile (1976) Antecedentes y acciones para una política nacional de alimentación y nutrición de Chile (1976) Crear para compartir: compartir para seguir creando (1980) La revolución de la Bioingeniería (1980) Desnutrición infantil: fisiopatología, clínica, tratamiento y prevención: nuestra experiencia y contribución (1988) Chile en la encrucijada: decisiones para una nueva era (1989) Jaque al subdesarrollo, ahora (1993) Ciencia y tecnología (1994) Desnutrición: el mal oculto (2004) Contra viento y marea. Hasta erradicar la desnutrición (2010) Honors 1957 – Guggenheim Fellowship 1975 – ICARE Award 1979 – Pan American Health Education Foundation Award 1985 – Award of the American Academy of Pediatrics, for worldwide pediatrician of the year 1985 – Award of the World Foundation for Health and Peace 1993 – Award of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences 1995 – Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Valladolid 1998 – National Prize for Applied Sciences and Technologies 1999 – Award of the Medical Scientific Societies of Chile 2000 – Academic Excellence Award of the Chilean Society of Pediatrics 2005 – , granted by the Cultural Heritage Corporation of Chile jointly with the University of Chile and the Presidential Advisory Commission for the Bicentennial of the Republic 2007 – Recognition of career and fundamental contribution to nutrition in Chile, from the Granotec Technological