The 7th Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition

Strategies for Obesity Prevention of School Children
Date：
March 23, 2016 (Wednesday) 9:00～13:00
Venue： National Institute of Health and Nutrition (NIHN)
National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN)
1-23-1, Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8636

WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition and Physical Activity
Program
9:00 Opening Address
Dr. Suminori Kono (President of the NIHN, NIBIOHN)
9:10 Symposium
Chairpersons：Dr. Nobuo Nishi(Chief, Center for International Collaboration and Partnership, NIHN, NIBIOHN)

Background
The National Institute of Health and Nutrition(NIHN), established in 1920, is the world’s oldest
national research institute in the field of nutrition.
“Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition” is themain international symposium hosted by the NIHN,
which has been held every other year since 2004.
The first symposium entitled “Optimizing Maternaland Child Nutrition for the Prevention of Chronic
Diseases” was held in January 2004, followed by thesecond one entitled “Nutrition Reference and Dietary
Recommendation in Asian Countries ~ from nutrition
science to policy~ (March, 2006), the third one
entitled “Nutrition Monitoring and CommunityNutrition Programs for National Health Promotion inAsian countries (March, 2008)”, the 4th one entitled“Nutrition Education Program for National HealthPromotion in Asian Countries: a Focus on
School-based Program (September 2010)”, the 5thone entitled “Food Security for Maternal and Child
Nutrition in Asian and Pacific Countries (March2012)” and the 6th one entitled “Improvement ofSocial Environment for Healthy Diet (March, 2014)”.
At each symposium, nutrition researchers andprofessionals, both in Japan and abroad, wereinvited for the academic debates and exchange ofviews on the issues related to the sub-theme.
Recently, “Double burden of malnutrition” hasbecome one of the significant public health problems
worldwide, Prevention of childhood obesity as well as
improvement of maternal and child nutrition has
therefore been recognized as the prioritized global
health issues. In Japan, “Shokuiku (food and nutritioneducation)”which is legislated by the law, also
focuses on control of childhood obesity.
At the upcoming 7th symposium, following the
keynote addresses on the strategies for obesity
prevention of school children, country reports of each
invited country will be presented. Based on which,
we expect to deepen the debates on present
situation and future direction of each country and theAsian and Pacific region.
Supporting bodies;* Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan* The Japan Dietetic Association* The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics

Dr. Katrin Engelhardt(Technical Lead, Nutrition, WHO/WPRO)

Keynote address
Ending Childhood Obesity: What it will takeDr. Katrin Engelhardt(Technical Lead, Nutrition, Div. of NCD and Health through the Life-Course,WHO/WPRO)

Strategies for Prevention of Obesity in School Children
Dr. Colin Bell(Associate Professor in Public Health, Deakin University,WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Australia)

Country Report
Obesity Control and Prevention amongst School Children– Malaysian Experience
Ms. Rokiah Don(Ex-Director, Division of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Malaysia)

Strategy on Childhood Obesity Prevention – Viet Nam Country
ReportDr. Do Thi Phuong Ha(Head, Dept. of Community Nutrition, National Institute Nutrition, Vietnam)

Current situation of overweight and priority issues – Mongolia
Country Report
Dr. Ganzorig Dorjdagva(Officer in charge for Nutrition and Food Safety Policy Implementation andCoordination, Ministry of Health and Sports,, Mongolia)

11:00～11:20 BreakStrategies for Obesity Prevention in Children:- Philippine
experience
Ms. Jovita B. Raval(Chief, Nutrition Information and Education Division, National NutritionCouncil, Philippines)

Strategies for Obesity Prevention in Children:Fiji country report
Ms. Ateca Kama
(Manager, National Food and Nutrition Centre, Fiji)

Current Problems with Situation Analyses of Childhood
Obesity in Japan
Dr. Hidemi Takimoto(Chief, Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, NIHN, NIBIOHN, Japan)

12:20-12:50 Discussion
12:50 Closing Address
Dr. Masaki Shimizu (Director for Research Coordinationand Evaluation, NIHN, NIBIOHN)
Secretariat: Dr. Miki Miyoshi (Head, Section of International
Nutrition Research and Development, NIHN, NIBIOHN)
E-mail: mikimiy@nih.go.jp