Adhering Bodies in good standing can nominate members of their organisation over 80 years of age to receive an ‘IUNS Living Legend’ award. The awardee is determined by their contribution to the work of their national nutrition body or regional organization. The awards are announced at the IUNS-ICN every four years.

Living Legend Awards were first presented at 20th ICN in Granada, Spain in 2013.

22st IUNS-ICN – Tokyo, Japan, 2022

• Joe Millward
• Kamala Krishnaswamy
• Po-Chao Huang
• Harvey Anderson
• Khursheed Jeejeebhoy
• Habiba Hassan Wassef
• Michihiro Sugano
• Harriet V. Kuhnlein
• Eric Jéquier

21st IUNS-ICN – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017

• Rafael Tojo-Sierra
• Jean-Pierre Habicht
• Mahtab S. Bamji
• Maria Barna
• Shuhei Kobayashi
• Wandee Varavithya
• Xuecun Chen
• Mark Wahlqvist
• Pila Ines Llanos

20th IUNS-ICN – Granada, Spain, 2013

• Basil S. Hetzel
• György Biro
• Ge Keyou
• Claus Leitzmann
• Helio Vannucchi
• Salvador Zamora-Navarro
• Mamdouh Kamal Gabr
• Daniel Lemonier
• Malaquias Batista Filho
• Jose Eduardo Dutra de Oliveira
• Khun Sakorn Dhanamitta
• Jorn Dyerberg
• Vina Viravaidhaya
• Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan

19th IUNS-ICN- Bangkok, Thailand , 2009

• A. Stewart Truswell (Australia)
• Rudolf Wenger (Austria)
• Chunming Chen (China)
• Coluthur Gopalan (India)
• Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (India)
• Masao Fujimaki (Japan)
• Jin Soon Ju (Korea)
• Ki Yull Lee (Korea)
• Sumi Mo (Korea)
• Carmen Llamas Intengan (Philippines)
• Stanislaw Berger (Poland)
• Priyani Soysa (Sri Lanka)
• Po-Chao Huang (Taiwan)
• Aree Valyasevi (Thailand)
• Amorn Nondasuta (Thailand)
• Charlotte Neumann (USA)
• Felix Bronner (USA)
• Leon Ellenbogen (USA)
• Michael Latham (USA)
• Myron Winick (USA)
• Nevin S. Scrimshaw (USA)
• Paul M. Newberne (USA)
• Ritva Butrum (USA)
• Milton Sunde (USA)
• Tu Giay Vietnam (USA)