Federation of European Nutrition Societies

Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS)
Abbreviation FENS
Formation 1979
Type NGO
Location
  • Madrid, Spain
Region served
Europe
Official language
English
President
 Heiner Boeing, Germany
Parent organization
 International Union of Nutritional Sciences
Website FENS Official website

The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) is a non-profit association, established in 1979 [1] as a roof organization for the national nutrition societies in Europe, with each country 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.

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.[2]

The Federation of European Nutrition Societies is a member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) [3] and the official FENS Journal is the “Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism”[4] (IF 2014/2015: 2.618)

FENS Members (status 2015)

Country Society Name
 Austria Austrian Nutrition Society / Österreichische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (ÖEG)
 Bulgaria Bulgarian Scientific Society for Nutrition and Dietetics
 Belgium Belgian Nutrition Society
 Czechoslovakia 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 National Association of Nutritionist of Georgia
 Germany German Nutrition Society / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE e.V.)
 Greece Greek Society of Nutrition and Foods
 Hungary Hunganrian Nutrition Society / Magyar Táplálkozástudományi Társaság (MTT)
 Iceland Unit for Nutrition Research
 Italy Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU)
 Norway Norwegian Society for Nutrition / Norsk Selskap for Ernæring (NSE)
 Poland Polish Society of Nutritional Sciences
 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 scheduled for Oct. 15 - 18 Dublin  Ireland

References

  1. ↑ Alice M. Coppi (1978). "The history of The Nutrition Society". p. 22.
  2. ↑ FENS General Assembly (2011). "Statutes of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies, 3rd update". p. 1 (E).
  3. ↑ IUNS Adhering Bodies FENS: IUNS Affiliated Bodies
  4. ↑ Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism (Ann Nutr Metabol)
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