# Federation of European Nutrition Societies

The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) is a non-profit association, established in 1979 as an umbrella organization for the national nutrition societies of Europe. Each member country is represented by its representative Nutrition Society or Association within FENS.
The aims of FENS are the combination of efforts for the development of research and education in Nutrition Sciences and the promotion of the importance of Nutrition for public health in Europe. It seeks to do this by coordinating the European nutrition societies at a European level, promoting and disseminating research and knowledge on nutrition sciences and facilitating nutrition learning and training, as well as scientific exchange across Europe.

## Activities

FENS conducts every 4 years its main event, the FENS European Nutrition Conference, which is organized by one of the FENS member societies, elected by the FENS General Assembly. All FENS Member Societies and Associations can take part in the bidding process for the organization of a FENS ENC.
The Federation of European Nutrition Societies is a member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) and holds Affiliated Body status. The official FENS Journal is the “Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism” (IF 2022/2023: 5.923). CiteScore:6.0.

## FENS Members (status 2023)

| Country | Society Name |
| Austria | Austrian Nutrition Society / Österreichische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (ÖEG) |
| Belgium | Belgian Nutrition Society |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Association of Applied Nutrition in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian Society of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Croatia | Croatian Society for Nutrition |
| Czech Republic | Czech Society of Nutrition |
| Denmark | Selskabet for Ernæringsforskning (SfE) |
| Finland | Finnish Society for Nutrition Research |
| France | French Society for Nutrition / Société Française de Nutrition (SfN) |
| Georgia | Georgian Nutrition Society |
| Germany | German Nutrition Society / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE e.V.) |
| Greece | Hellenic Nutrition Society |
| Hungary | Hungarian Nutrition Society / Magyar Táplálkozástudományi Társaság (MTT) |
| Iceland | Iceland Nutrition Society |
| Italy | Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU) |
| North Macedonia | Macedonian Society for Nutrition and Health |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin Food and Nutrition Society |
| Norway | Norwegian Society for Nutrition / Norsk Selskap for Ernæring (NSE) |
| Poland | Polish Society of Nutritional Sciences |
| Portugal | Portuguese Society of Nutrition & Food Science |
| Romania | Romanian Nutrition Society / Societatea de Nutritie din Romania |
| Serbia | Serbian Nutrition Society |
| Spain | Spanish Nutrition Society / Sociedad Española de Nutrición (SEÑ) |
| Sweden | Swedish Society for Clinical Nutrition (SFKN) |
| Switzerland | Swiss Society for Nutrition / Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (SGE) |
| Netherlands | Dutch Academy of Nutritional Sciences |
| United Kingdom & Ireland | The Nutrition Society |

## European Nutrition Conferences

| Conference | Year | City | Country |
| 1st European Nutrition Conference (previous to FENS) | 1973 | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 2nd European Nutrition Conference (previous to FENS) | 1976 | Munich | Germany |
| 3rd European Nutrition Conference (FENS Foundation) | 1979 | Uppsala | Sweden |
| 4th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1983 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 5th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1987 | Warsaw | Poland |
| 6th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1991 | Athens | Greece |
| 7th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1995 | Vienna | Austria |
| 8th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1999 | Lillehammer | Norway |
| 9th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2003 | Rome | Italy |
| 10th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2007 | Paris | France |
| 11th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2011 | Madrid | Spain |
| 12th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2015 | Berlin | Germany |
| 13th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2019 | Dublin | Ireland |
| 14th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2023 | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 15th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2027 | Rotterdam | Netherlands |