The 3rd Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition

Nutrition Monitoring and Community Nutrition Programsfor National Health Promotion in Asian countries
Date： 1st March, 2008 (Saturday) 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. Shaw Watanabe (Director-General, NIHN)
13:40 Symposium
Chairperson：Dr. Nobuo Yoshiike(Director, Center for Collaboration and Partnership, NIHN)①

Country report ~ Philippines
Ms. Felicidad Velandria(Supervising Science Research Specialist and Study Leader National
Nutrition & Health Survey. Nutrition Assessment & Monitoring Division,
Food and Nurition Research Institute, Philippines)

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~” in March 2006. At eachsymposium,
thenutrition
researchers
andprofessionals, both in Japan and abroad, wereinvited for the academic debates and exchange ofviews on the issues related to the sub-theme.
The 3rd symposium will be held on 1st March 2008,
with focusing on the theme of community nutrition
programs and nutrition monitoring. In Japan, theNational Nutrition Surveys have been undertaken
annually since 1946, which contributed to identify thepriority nutrition issues among the population, as wellas to promote community-based nutrition programs.
Now, many countries face with “double burden ofmalnutrition”: the persistent of undernutrition alongwith a rapid rise in obesity and diet-related chronic
diseases. With a growing awareness of importanceof nutrition monitoring to address the priority issues,
the number of countries who introduced a regularnutrition monitoring at the national level has beenincreasing. At the upcoming symposium, we expect
to deepen the debates on present situation andfuture direction of each country and the Asian region.
Supporting bodies:* Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan* The Japan Dietetic Association* The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics②

Country report ~ Vietnam
Dr. Le Bach Mai(Director, Department of Community Nutrition,National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam)③

Country report ~ Malaysia
Prof. Khor Geok Lin(Head, Community Nutrition Unit
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine andHealth Sciences, University of Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)④

Country report ~ Korea
Dr. Cho-il Kim(Director, Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion,
Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Korea)

15:00～15:20 Coffee Break⑤ National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan
Dr. Katsushi Yoshita(Project leader, Project for the National Health and Nutrition
Survey, Nutritional Epidemiology Program, NIHN)

15:40 Open Discussion
Debaters (tentative):
Dr. L. T. Cavalli-Sforza (The World Health Organization/WPRO)
Prof. Chigusa Date(Nara Women’s Univeristy)
Prof. Shigeru Yamamoto (Ochanomizu University)
Prof. Atsuko Isoda (Kagawa Nutrition University)
(tbc)
(tbc)
Dr. Shaw Watanabe (Director-General, NIHN)
Dr. Nobuo Yoshiike (Director, Center of Collaboration and Partnership,NIHN)

17:20 Closing Address
Dr. Nobuaki Shibaike (Executive Director, NIHN)
Secretariat: Project for International Research and Development, NIHN
E-mail: mikimiy@nih.go.jp