Image by World Obesity Childhood obesity is a major health problem in Europe, with dire long-term consequences for our health, society, and the economy. Current trends indicate that there will be over 10 million children in the region affected by obesity in 2030. At the same time, initiatives such as the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, Europe’s Beating Cancer… Read more »
The 14th Newsletter of the Nutritional & Health-related Environmental Studies Section is now available. Read about The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) recently published paper in Science that changes our understanding of metabolism as we age. Other news includes updates on research projects, virtual meetings, conferences and webinars, reports, and new tools, as well as some inspiring success stories an the latest IAEA… Read more »
The Nutrition Society is co-hosting with the French Nutrition Society in Lille a conference titled ‘Urban Food Policies for Sustainable Nutrition and Health’ The aim is to bring urban policy makers together with scientists. The conference will take place in Lille, France 27-28 January 2022. There is a call for abstracts open, and an open… Read more »
The University of Helsinki, has an open position for an assistant professor/ associate professor/ professor in their Department of Food and Nutrition. The position is available from January 1, 2022 onwards or as agreed. The position may be filled as a tenure track assistant professor, tenure track associate professor or full professor depending on the… Read more »
The Superior Health Council in Belgium is holding their GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 online with the theme being “Sustainable and Healthy Food”. This online seminar takes place on Wednesday 12 May 2021 from 10 am to 1.30 pm (CET). Participation is free of charge. Simultaneous translation to Dutch, French and English is foreseen. More information and the final… Read more »
The University of Camerino, Italy are pleased to announce their upcoming 4th Edition of the Summer School on Nutrigenomics. Since the health crisis is not over, this edition will be a VIRTUAL event, to guarantee the safety of participants, while providing the opportunity to update the knowledge in the field of nutrigenomics to people from… Read more »
The FENS Board has begun preparations for the 14th European Nutrition Conference to be held in Belgrade in 2023. The theme of the conference is “Food, Nutrition and Health: Translating science into practice”. The format of the programme will broadly follow that of the previous conferences in Berlin and Dublin, but with an increased number of sessions… Read more »
The latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) newsletter is available to download. This issue focuses on the second half of 2020, and includes reports of the IAEA’s activities, supported projects and virtual training in nuclear nutrition techniques.
The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation is offering a 2-year fellowship grant for early career researchers committed to sustainable foods systems and diets. The grant will support a postdoctoral researcher to carry out a project at a university or research centre in Spain. Nominations for the fellowship are open until 5 March 2021. For more… Read more »
The full schedule for the upcoming FENS Summer School is now available. The Summer School will take place in Belgrade (19 – 23 August 2019) in collaboration with the Serbian Nutrition Society and the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade on the topic “Scientific basis for FBDGs – new challenges”. This Summer School is aiming… Read more »
