Association of European Nutritional Societies
| Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) | |
|---|---|
| purpose | NPO |
| Chair: | Ascensión Marcos, Spain |
| Establishment date: | 1979 |
| Seat : | Madrid, Spain |
| Website: | www.fensnutrition.eu |
The Union of European Nutrition Societies ( FENS ), also the Association of European Nutrition Societies or Association of European Nutrition Societies, is a non-profit association that was founded in 1979 as the umbrella organization of the national nutrition societies in Europe and in which each Member country is represented by a representative nutrition society.
The aim of the FENS is to combine efforts to promote research and training in nutritional sciences and to raise awareness of the importance of nutrition for public health in Europe. The FENS promotes and disseminates knowledge and education in the field of nutrition as well as scientific exchange in Europe through the coordination of the European nutrition societies.
Every 4 years the FENS holds its most important event, the European Conference on Nutrition, which is organized by a member society elected by the FENS General Assembly. All FENS member societies and associations can participate in the tendering process for the organization of the subsequent FENS European Nutrition Conference.
The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) is a member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) and the official FENS journal is the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism . The Impact Factor (IF) of the journal was in 2014/2015: 2,618.
FENS member companies (as of 2015)
| country | Name of the nutrition company |
|---|---|
 Austria
|
Austrian Nutrition Society / Austrian Nutrition Society (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 / German Society for Nutrition (DGE eV) |
 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 |
 Portugal
|
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação |
 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 / Swiss Society for Nutrition (SGE) |
 Netherlands
|
Dutch Academy of Nutritional Sciences |
 United Kingdom & Ireland
|
The Nutrition Society |
European food congresses
| congress | year | city | country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st European Nutrition Conference ( before FENS ) | 1973 | Cambridge |
United Kingdom
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| 2nd European Nutrition Conference ( before FENS ) | 1976 | Munich |
Germany
|
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| 3rd European Nutrition Conference ( FENS foundation ) | 1979 | Uppsala |
Sweden
|
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| 4th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1983 | Amsterdam |
Netherlands
|
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| 5th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1987 | Warsaw |
Poland
|
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| 6th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1991 | Athens |
Greece
|
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| 7th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1995 | Vienna |
Austria
|
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| 8th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 1999 | Lillehammer |
Norway
|
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| 9th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2003 | Rome |
Italy
|
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| 10th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2007 | Paris |
France
|
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| 11th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 2011 | Madrid |
Spain
|
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| 12th European Nutrition Conference FENS | 20.-23. October 2015 | Berlin |
Germany
|
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alice M. Coppi: The history of The Nutrition Society . 1978.
- ↑ IUNS Adhering Bodies FENS: IUNS Affiliated Bodies
- ↑ Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism ( Ann Nutr Metabol)