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IUNSIUNS
NENEWSWS
OCT
2017
UPDATE FROM
21st IUNS-ICN
BUENOS AIRES
CONTENTS
Message from the President 3
Update from 21st IUNS-ICN, Buenos Aires 4
IUNS Re-Integration grant recipients 5
1th China Nutrition Science Conference, Beiing 6
Non-Communicae iseases or shop, a arta 7
UPDATE FROM
21st IUNS-ICN
BUENOS AIRES
MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT
Prof. Anna Lartey
IUNS President
How time flies!! We are almost at the end our e inite ou a to oin us there in discussing the
4-year mandate (2013-2017). In 4 years a lot has achieements of nutrition science
happened. Let’s see how the global nutrition terrain
has changed. In 2013, there was the high-level Considering this
i e m ast “Message from the
Nutrition for Growth event by the UK Department President” in our ne
setter, I ta e this opportunit to
for International Development (DFID) which than our Adhering Bodies and Affiiated Bodies and
pulled in resources over $4 billion USD to address the entire IUNS Counci of 21-21, for the huge
undernutrition. Following this, the Global Nutrition support and cooperation during m tenure of office
Report (GNR) was born and it released its first report I saute m Counci Memers for their support in
in 2014 on Actions and Accountability to accelerate ma ing the
or oad ighter — Afredo Martine
the world’s progress on nutrition. We are now on President-ect, Spain, Pra ash ice-President,
the 4th release of the GNR2017. The Global Panel India, Catherine eisser Secretar-enera, U,
on Agriculture and Food systems for Nutrition was emut ese er reasurer, erman, od
in
launched and has released several policy and technical Ndossi Counci Memer, anania, Renado Martore
briefs to provide guidance to policy makers on Counci Memer, USA, eruo Miaa
a Counci
how their agricultural policies and investments can Memer, apan, Andre
Prentice Counci Memer,
influence nutrition. In 2014, FAO and WHO jointly U, S
apan umar Ro Counci Memer, Bangadesh
organised the 2nd International Conference on and nette Neufed Counci Memer, Canada
Nutrition. This resulted in the Rome Declaration on ina, I than the ood and Agricuture rganiation
Nutrition in which countries made ten commitments A of the United Nations for ma ing it possie
for improving nutrition. In 2015, the world received for me to
ear t
o goa hats at the same time —
the UN 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development as President of IUNS and as the irector of Nutrition
Goals. This has been described as the most sweeping at A
and ambitious goals the global community has ever
set for itself. It comes with the pledge of “leaving han ou
no-one behind”. In 2016, the UN General Assembly
for the first time declared a Decade of Action on
Nutrition (2016-2025). Nutrition is at the top of the
global agenda and we must take this opportunity
to convert these commitments to action and impact
within the decade.
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hae the reised Statutes and Rues of IUNS
hese cear set out our ision and mission and ho
as a goa communit of nutrition scientists
e moe
for
ard
ith nutrition An ear career re-orientation
grant
as estaished hree a
ardees from Africa,
Asia and atin America receied 1, US each to
support the deeopment of their professiona careers
in their countries IUNS no
has a home — a secretariat
hosted the Nutrition Societ of U -R IUNS Counci 21–21¡ Prof. S. K. Roy, IUNS Counci
e are actie preparing for the IUNS-Internationa Memer¢ Prof. Helmut Heseker, IUNS reasurer¢ Dr Lynnette
Neufeld, IUNS Counci Memer¢ Prof. Andrew Prentice,
Congress on Nutrition to e hosted the Argentinean IUNS Counci Memer¢ Prof. V. Prakash, IUNS ice-President¢
Nutrition Societ from 1th — 2th ctoer 21, Prof. Anna Lartey, IUNS President¢ Prof. Catherine Geissler,
in Buenos Aires, under the theme “from Science to IUNS Secretar enera¢ Prof. Alfredo Martinez, IUNS
Nutrition Securit” pect to see and hear the atest President-ect¢ Prof. Teruo Miyazawa, IUNS Counci Memer¢
deeopments in nutrition science research IUNS Prof. Reynaldo Martorell, IUNS Counci Memer¢ Prof. Godwin
Ndossi, IUNS Counci Memer
a
arded aout trae feo
ships to ear career
nutrition scientists from a regions of the
ord to
enae them to attend the congress in Argentina
Professor
J. Alfredo Martinez
President of the
UPDATE FROM Internationa Scientific
Committee and IUNS
President-ect
Professor
Catherine Geissler
21st IUNS-ICN IUNS Secretar-enera
BUENOS AIRES
The 21st International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) the impact of nutrition on homeostasis and od
of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences metaoism¢ on dietar inta e and nutritiona
(IUNS) will be held in Buenos Aires from October status of the popuation and the indiidua, from
15th –20th 2017. The IUNS-ICN is a four-yearly precision nutrition, gene-diet reations, and the roe
meeting that has been held since 1946. The 2017 of dietar guideines in disease management and
Congress has been organized jointly by the Sociedad preention¢ transationa research on the design and
Argentina de Nutrición (SAN) and the IUNS Council, impementation of strategies and approaches to
with the collaboration of the Organizing, Scientific change dietar ehaior and deeop poicies¢ puic
and Executive Committees. The congress title is heath issues¢ nutrition education¢ cimate change¢
“From Sciences to Nutrition Security”. The aim and food and agricuture for heath maintenance
of the congress is to promote the exchange of and sustainaiit Si penar sessions
i frame
knowledge in all aspects of Nutritional Sciences. the program
ith eminent spea ers coering heath
The scientific program includes 6 plenary lectures, aspects in the ife cce and on food securit
40 keynote lectures, 8 debates, 116 parallel symposia,
31 sponsored symposia, and 24 satellite symposia. A suppement
i e puished in the Annas of
Nutrition and Metaoism to incude 2£2 astracts,
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from different perspecties in order to enrich the seected guest spea ers participating in the
understanding of the participants he programme scientific smposia
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4. Nutrition and Management of iseases heath, food safet, food production, and enironmenta
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5. Nutrients and Nutritiona Assessment
A specia fee rate for students and participants
6. unctiona oods and Bioactie Compounds from o
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7. ood cuture practices and Nutritiona ducation encourage their participation rae grants, registration
fee discounts, and accommodation reductions for
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he main goa is to offer a high-ee scientific meeting agencies and the priate sector IUNS has granted
focused on addressing the e aspects of nutrition in trae schoarships to Adhering Bodies in good
a muticutura enironment, from state-of-the- financia standing
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and outcomes concerning a
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