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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. n the IUNS front a ot has aso happened in ears e no 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, he congress i coer a areas of nutrition ith an additiona 2¤ astracts seected from ora a ide ariet of topics, hich i e deat ith communications, and the summaries of more than from different perspecties in order to enrich the seected guest spea ers participating in the understanding of the participants he programme scientific smposia is arranged in trac s as foo s¡ In the current ord ide economic hardships and 1. Adances in Nutrition Research financia crisis it has een a chaenge to uid a soid 2. Nutrition hrough ife Course nutrition congress aoiding conflicts of interest o eer, this proides an eceptiona opportunit to 3. Puic eath Nutrition and nironment in the mutidiscipinar areas of nutritiona sciences, asic and appied research in nutrition and food ith 4. Nutrition and Management of iseases heath, food safet, food production, and enironmenta sustainaiit 5. Nutrients and Nutritiona Assessment A specia fee rate for students and participants 6. unctiona oods and Bioactie Compounds from o - and midde-income countries is offered to 7. ood cuture practices and Nutritiona ducation encourage their participation rae grants, registration fee discounts, and accommodation reductions for 8. Agricuture, ood Science, and Safet seected oung inestigators and other a ardees hae een made possie contriutions from internationa 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 art reie s to cutting edge nutritiona science Sessions are panned to deier atest inestigations e oo for ard to a er successfu IUNS 21st ICN and outcomes concerning a ide range of issues¡
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