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Features
The International Union of Nutritional Sciences homepage features
contemporary global nutrition issues, such as:
 | The Global Challenge of Obesity and the International Obesity Task Force |
 | The nature and determinants of child development and their implications
for programmatic interventions with young children |
The IUNS also embraces global nutrition agenda to address:
 | Food and nutrition problems in developing countries |
 | Food safety training for nutritionists |
Below is a list of reports and articles:
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Editorial: Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism By: Prof. Elmadfa
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Highlights of IUNS Activities for the 2005-09. By: Dr. Ricardo Uauy, President [September 2009]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Redefining Dietary Quality, September 2009
By: Dr. Lindsay Allen, Chair [September 2009]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Technology and Nutrition, September 2009
By: Dr. V. Prakash, Chair [September 2009]
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TASK
FORCE REPORT: Diet, Nutrition and Long-Term Health, September 2009. By: Dr. Noel
Solomons, Chair [September 2009]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Evidence Based Nutrition,
September 2009.
By: Dr. Jim Mann, Chair [September 2009]
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TASK FORCE REPORT:
Prevention and Control of
Malnutrition, September 2009.
By: Dr. Ann Ashworth Hill, Chair [September 2009]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Nutrition, September
2009.
By: Dr. Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Chair. [September 2009]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Nutrition in Transition, September 2009. By:
Dr. Barry M. Popkin,
Chair [September 2009]
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Nutrition Leadership Training in North-East Asia: an IUNS initiative in
conjunction with nutrition societies in the region. By:
Mark L Wahlqvist MD, Duo Li PhD, Jiang-Qin
Sun MD, Keyou Ge MD, Hee-Young Paik DSc, Sung Hee Cho PhD, Soo-Kyung Lee PhD,
Ching-jang Huang and Meei-Shyuan Lee DrPH [September 2009]
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IUNS 2008 Summary Report
to the International Nutrition Community. By: Dr. Ricardo Uauy,
President, and Dr. Osman Galal, Secretary General [posted
July 2009]
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Partnership between IUNS and
Unilever:
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Memorandum
of Understanding ("MoU") between IUNS and Unilever N.V.
[posted February 6, 2009] |
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Summary
Statement of the International Expert Meeting,
Health
Significance
of Fat Quality of the Diet,
Barcelona, Spain, February 1‐2, 2009.
[posted March 10, 2009] |
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Program and Impressions of the International Expert Meeting
(IEM), Health
Significance of Fat Quality of the Diet, Barcelona, February, 2009.
[posted March 10, 2009] |
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Presentation by Dr. Ricardo Uauy at the International Expert
Meeting. [posted March 10, 2009] |
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Presentation by Dr. Pekka Puska at the International Expert
Meeting. [posted March 10, 2009] |
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Presentation by Dr. Ibrahim Elmadfa at the International
Expert Meeting. [posted March 10, 2009] |
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Presentation by Dr. Trevor Acreman at the International Expert
Meeting. [posted March 10, 2009] |
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Presentation by Dr. Hans Zevenbergen at the International
Expert Meeting. [posted March 10, 2009] |
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Plenary Discussion Points
by Moderator: Dr. Berthold Koletzko, at the International Expert Meeting. [posted March 16, 2009]
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Report on the
International Workshop on Capacity and Leadership Development in Nutritional
Sciences, by the Korean Nutrition Society: Workshop was held September
4-6, 2008, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. [posted
December, 2008]
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IUNS Review of Publishing Ethics: Recommendations. Report prepared
by:
Barrie Margetts, D’Ann
Finley, Carlos Monteiro, Ruth Oniang'o, Prakash Shetty
[posted July, 2008]
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IUNS 2007 Summary Report to the International Nutrition Community.
[posted
April, 2008]
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Article:
Effective international action against
undernutrition: why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to
accelerate progress? By Saul S Morris, Bruce Cogill, Ricardo Uauy, for
the Maternal and Child Undernutrition Study Group. [posted
March, 2008]
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Invited Editorial: A Personal View.
Food companies and nutrition for better health. By
Derek Yach, PepsiCo,
Director of Global Health Policy [posted
March, 2008]
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Report: International Workshop on Leadership Skills in Nutritional Sciences
[posted
February, 2008]
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 | Obituary for
Professor Akira Okada (1938-2007), Co-founding Editor of APJCN.
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TASK FORCE REPORT:
Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Nutrition. Report, August 2007.
By: Dr. Harriet V. Kuhnlein. [August, 2007]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Prevention and Control of Malnutrition. By Ann
Ashworth. [August, 2007]
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TASK FORCE REPORT:
INFOODS, The International Network of Food Data Systems, Activity Report,
2006-2007. By Dr. Barbara Burlingame, Chair. [July,
2007]
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TASK FORCE
REPORT: Report on
Activities of the Task Force on the "Nutrition in Transition." [July
24, 2007]
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IUNS 2006 Summary Report
to the International Nutrition Community. [February, 2007]
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This piece, "Food
companies and nutrition for better health," by Derek Yach corresponds to
his reply to a request by the IUNS President to inform the nutrition community
on his motivations on taking the post of Director of Global Health Policy at
Pepsico. On a recent visit to Purchase N.Y., Dr. Uauy visited Dr. Yach and
defined potential interactions between IUNS and Dr. Yach in order to achieve
the common objectives of improved nutrition through healthier food products.
The goal is to make healthy foods the easy choice.
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Editorial Article:
Metrological
concepts for enhancing the reliability of food and nutritional measurements.
By: Venkatesh Iyengar
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Editorial:
Stopping the Rot in Nutrition Science, by Barrie Margetts
[August, 2006]
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 | Strategic
Plan of IUNS [July, 2006]
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Nutrition Solutions to Major Health Problems of Pre-School Children. How
to Optimize Growth and Development?
International Pre-Congress Symposium of the 18th International Congress of
Nutrition, September 19, 2005, Durban, South Africa - From Danone
Institute.
[April, 2006]
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Draft Agenda of the Thirty Third Session of the Standing Committee on
Nutrition
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Innocenti
Declaration - On the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding.
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Meeting
Report: 18th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) held in Durban, South Africa,
Noel W. Solomons, M.D.
[November, 2005]
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TASK FORCE
REPORT: Report on
Activities of the Task Force on the "Nutrition in Transition." [October
28, 2005]
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Proposed Task Force on
Malnutrition
[September, 2005]
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Joint IUNS/World Health Policy Forum Initiative on the
New Nutrition Science
[September, 2005]
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IUNS Award 2005
Recipient, Dr. Florentino Solon
[September, 2005]
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TASK FORCE REPORT: Report on Activities of the Task Force on "Diet Nutrition
and Long-Term Health." [October, 2005]
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TASK FORCE
REPORT: Report on Activities of the Task Force on "School Children
Nutrition and Health." [June 26, 2005]
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TASK FORCE
REPORT: Report on Activities of the Task Force on "Technologies and
Nutrition." [June 13, 2005]
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TASK FORCE
REPORT: INFOODS, The International Network of Food Data Systems, Activity Report,
2003-2005. By Dr. Barbara Burlingame. [May
16, 2005]
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TASK FORCE REPORT:
Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems and Nutrition. Report, May 2005.
By: Dr. Harriet V. Kuhnlein. [May 5, 2005]
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Nutrition and the Development, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV Disease in
Women, Infants, and Children.
[May 5, 2005]
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World Health
Organization Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Durban, South
Africa, 10-13 April 2005. Participant's Statement.
[May 5, 2005]
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Minutes
of the meeting of the IUNS Taskforce on "Evidence Based Nutrition."
[January, 2005]
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"Vernon Young and the
development of current knowledge in protein and amino acid nutrition,"
[By D. Joe Millward,
Centre for Nutrition and
Food Safety, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Surrey,
Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH,
Telephone/fax
(0)1483 689297, email
D.Millward@surrey.ac.uk].
View picture of Vernon Young.
[May, 2004]
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Letter
written by Dr. Mark Wahlqvist regarding "Free Sugars and Human Health:
Sufficient Evidence for Action?" [April, 2004]
View paper on "Free Sugars and
Human Health: Sufficient Evidence for Action?" by Jim Mann, Depts. of Human
Nutrition and Medicine and the Edgar National Centre for Diabetes Research,
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [April,
2004]
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ICSU synthesis report
on GMOs [April, 2004]
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 | Enhancing Human Capital
in sub-Saharan Africa in Food Science and Technology through Distance
Education, August 7, 2003, A Proposal of the International Union of Food
Science and Technology (IUFoST)
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Requirements for Healthy Nutrition: Integrating Food Sustainability, Food
Variety and Health [Professor Mark L. Wahlqvist]
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 | Statement on Benefits and Risks of Genetically Modified Foods for Human
Health and Nutrition
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 | Sciences
for Food Security (CSFS), Scoping Workshop on Future Activities of ICSU on
Food Security [Osman Galal]
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 | 17th
International Congress of Nutrition, 2001 Final Report
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 | Summary of the scientific evidence on the nature
and determinants of child development and their implications for programmatic
interventions with young children. [Working group: Sally M.
Grantham-McGregor (Chairman), Ernesto Pollitt, Theodore D. Wachs, Samuel T.
Meisels, and Keith G. Scott]
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 | The Global Challenge of Obesity and the
International Obesity Task Force. [Prepared by Jennie Macdiarmid,
September 1998, revised provisionally by Neville Rigby Oct. 2002]
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 | Considerations in defining a research agenda
to address food and nutrition problems in developing countries [Discussion commentary for IUNS WEB page, June 1998, Ricardo Uauy MD PhD,
INTAU of Chile,
Member of IUNS council]
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 | Food safety training for nutritionists
[J.S. Crowther, L.J. Cox, R. Gross & F.A.
Kaferstein]
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 | U.S. National Committee to the International Union for
Nutritional Sciences Global Survey
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International
Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS): An Overview
[Barbara A. Underwood, Ph.D.} |
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