IUNS workshop on Capacity and Leadership Development
in Nutritional Sciences
Second announcement

The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) has organized Nutrition Leadership Training programs invarious regions after Capacity Building guidelines were developed by IUNS and United Nations University (UNU)
in 1996. Following the previous IUNS workshop on Capacity and Leadership Development in Nutritional Sciences
organized in 2010, the next regional Nutrition Leadership Training program will be held in Japan in March 2014.
The UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) held in 2011, where governmental
representatives (e.g. former ministers), private institutions and the World Health Organization (WHO) assembled,declared NCD as one of the prioritized global health issues. Following this declaration, the specific goals to beachieved by the year 2025 were set, and each country has been working on the NCDs prevention and control strategy.
Concurrently, WHO set the “Global Targets 2025: To improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition”, including“40% reduction in the number of children under-5 who are stunted” and “30% reduction in low birth weight”. As
mentioned above, the coexistence of overnutrition leading to NCDs and undernutrition in the same country orcommunity has become the most significant nutritional problem, so-called “double burden of malnutrition”.
The principal aim of the upcoming workshop is that the participants from Japan as well as other Asian countries
will share their experiences and acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for leadership development toward thesolution of the above global health and nutrition issues.
1) Local Organizing Committee
IUNS Committee of the Science Council of Japan
Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science (JSNFS)The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics (JSND)
The National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Japan (NIHN)
2) Date and Venue
Date:

March 11 (Tue) 9:30am ~ March 13 (Thu) 5:00pm, 2014

Venue:

National Institute of Health and Nutrition and a nearby facility for field trip3) Theme:
Achieving the global nutrition and NCD targets by 2025 - Promotion of a healthy diet to combat the double
burden of undernutrition, obesity and diet-related NCD

4) Main Contents:- Lectures
Active participation is expected in the interactive programs (e.g. country report presentation, group works).
- Field visit
A nearby facility related to the focal issue of Workshop will be visited.
- The 6th Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition, hosted by NIHN (March 12, 2014; 13:30-17:30)
All the participants are supposed to actively participate in the Symposium as observers.

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Schedule of the workshop (tentative)

Timea.m.

March 11 (Tue)12:00-13:00
p.m.

9:30-10:00
Opening/Orientation
10:00-11:30 Keynote Lecture
The double burden of undernutrition,
obesity and diet-related NCDs: global
situation and response
11:30-12:00
Introduction of GROUPWORK
Lunch break
13:00-15:30
GROUP WORK (1)(including country report)
What’s a healthy diet?
For example,- Nutritionally well-balanced meal
- Energy-dense and nutrient poor foods andbeverages- Salt reduction- Fat reduction, etc.

March 12 (Wed)
8:30-9:15 LECTURE (1)Research and Development of Food
Products for healthy diet (JSNFS)
9:15-10:45 GROUP WORK (2)Discussion on strategy and perspective
to combat the double burden ofundernutrition, obesity and diet-related
NCDs
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:00 LECTURE (2)Comprehensive educational approachfor healthy diet (JSND)
Lunch break
13:30-17:30
The 6th Asian Network Symposium on
Nutrition (NIHN)
Improvement of social environment for
healthy diet

March 13 (Thurs)
8:30-12:00 GROUP WORK (3)Discussion on how to implement thosestrategies in terms of R&D of foodproducts, comprehensive educational
program, and improvement of socialenvironment, to combat the double burdenof undernutrition, obesity and diet-related
NCDs(10:30-11:30 Observation tour of NIHN,
30 min for each of 2 groups)
Lunch break
13:00-14:30 GROUP WORK (4)Discussion on policy coherence foraddressing the nutrition challenges of thedouble burden of undernutrition, obesityand diet-related NCDs
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-17:00
GROUP PRESENTATION and closing

15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30
Orientation of FIELD TRIP
evening
16:30~ FIELD TRIP

17:00-19:00
Farewell party (optional)

6) Principal local organizing members
1. Representative, IUNS Committee of the Science Council of Japan
Makoto Shimizu (Project Professor, Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
The University of Tokyo)

2.

IUNS Council Member
Teruo Miyazawa (Professor, Laboratory of Food and Biodynamic Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science,3.

Chair of the Organizing Committee
Hisanori Kato (Project Professor, "Food for Life", Organization of Interdisciplinary Research Projects,

4.

Chair of the Executive board
Yukari Takemi (Professor, Nutrition and Ecology, Department of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University)
Chief of the Secretariat
Nobuo Nishi (Chief, Center for International Collaboration and Partnership, National Institute of Health and Nutrition)

Tohoku University)

The University of Tokyo)

5.

7) Expected number of participants and eligibility
About 30-35 participants (10-15 from Asian countries and 20 from Japan)

Eligibility criteria for application include;- Working/research experience in the field of community nutrition and/or nutritional sciences- Communication skills in English- Highly motivated person with future leadership in the main theme of workshop
Note: All the participants are supposed to participate in the program for 3 days throughout.
8)

Participation fee:
Participation fee is free of charge. For overseas participants, minimum travel expenses (air-fares andaccommodation) during the IUNS workshop will be covered by the Local Organizing Committee.

9) Applicationa. Application documents- Application Form (Available from the NIHN website; http://www0.nih.go.jp/eiken/english/index.html)- Letter of reference/recommendation (preferably, from the head of the applicant’s affiliation)b. Deadline
Application will be accepted during the following period; October 17 to November 30 December 10, 2013
Contact / Submission of the Application
Miki Miyoshi (Secretariat for the IUNS Workshop)
Section of International Nutrition Research and Development, National Institute of Health and Nutrition
FAX: 81-3-5287-3404; E-mail: nihn-ccp@nih.go.jp