Wenche Barth Eide (born 3 January 1935) is a Norwegian nutritionist.
She is the daughter of Jacob Bøckmann Barth (1898-1974) and Solveig Herstad (1900-1987) and married human rights scholar Asbjørn Eide (b.
She became a University Fellow at the Institute for Nutrition Research (1963–66) and then moved to the US with her husband to become a Consultant to the UN System (UN Protein-Calorie Advisory Group, PAG).
Then, she became a Technical Adviser in Nutrition at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome (1989–94) on leave from UiO.
[1][2][3][4][5] Barth Eide served as the leader of the Centre for International Development Studies (SIU) at the University of Oslo from 1981 to 1988.