The 5th Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition

Food Security for Maternal and Child Nutritionin Asian and Pacific countries
Date： 9th March, 2012 (Friday) 13:30～17:30
Venue： National Institute of Health and Nutrition
1-23-1, Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8636
Program
13:30 Opening Address
Dr. Shinkan Tokudome(President, NIHN)

13:40 Symposium
Chairpersons：Dr. Nobuo Nishi(Chief, Center for Collaboration and Partnership, NIHN)
Dr. Nobuko Murayama(Professor, Niigata University of Health and welfare)

Keynote address “Scaling up nutrition interventions”
Dr. L.T. Cavalli-Sforza

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 once every two 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 Community
Nutrition Programs for National Health Promotion in
Asian countries (March, 2008)” and the 4th one
entitled “Nutrition Education Program for National
Health Promotion in Asian Countries: a Focus on
School-based Program (September 2010)”. At each
symposium, nutrition researchers and professionals,
both in Japan and abroad, were invited for theacademic debates and exchange of views on theissues related to the sub-theme.
thThe 5 symposium will be held on 9th March 2011,
with the theme of food security, which is recognized
as important issue to be focused so as to improvenutritional status of, in particular mothers andchildren, not only in developing countries but also indeveloped ones. Japan is the country with low
self-sufficiency ratio, and furthermore, it has also
explored great vulnerability to food insecurity after
the Tohoku Earthquake in March 2011.
At the upcoming symposium, following the keynote
address “Scaling up of nutrition interventions”,
country reports of each invited country will bepresented. Based on which, we expect to deepen thedebates on present situation and future direction ofeach country and the Asian and pacific region.
Supporting bodies:* The Japan Dietetic Association* The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics(Regional Advisor in Nutrition, WHO/WPRO)Food Security for Maternal and Child Nutrition in Malaysia
Dr. Tee E Siong(President, Nutrition Society of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Food Security and Nutritional Status of Mothers and Children
under 5 years of age in Vietnam
Dr. Le Bach Mai(Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam)

Situation of Maternal and Child Food Securityin Papua New Guinea
Dr. Job Hawap(Principal Adviser, Child Health, Public Health Division,
Department of Health, Papua New Guinea)

15:40～16:00 Coffee BreakNutritional Problems in Japan from the viewpoint ofFood Security: Focus on Maternal and Child HealthDr. Nobuo Yoshiike(Professor and Chairman of Division of Nutrition,Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Japan)

16:30 Open Discussion
Debaters:
Dr. Rukhsana Haider(Chairperson, Training and Assistance for
Health and Nutrition Foundation, Bangladesh)(Senior Advisor (Health & Nutrition), JICA)

Dr. Toru Rikimaru
Dr. Hidemi Takimoto
Ms. Miki Miyoshi(Chief Senior Researcher, National Institute ofPublic Health)(Head, Section of International Nutrition Researchand Development, NIHN)

17:20 Closing Address
Dr. Masatoshi Kanai(Executive Director, NIHN)

Secretariat: Miki Miyoshi (Section of International Nutrition
Research and Development, NIHN
E-mail: mikimiy@nih.go.jp