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Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases


Geneva, 28 January-1 February 2002

Members

Dr E.K. Amine, Dean, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Dr N.H. Baba, Chairperson, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Dr M. Belhadj, Professor of Internal Medicine and Diabetologia, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Oran, Algeria

Dr M. Deurenberg-Yap, Director, Research and Information Management, Health Promotion Board, Singapore (Co-Rapporteur)

Dr A. Djazayery, Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Dr T. Forrester, Director, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Dr D.A. Galuska, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease, Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

Dr S. Herman, Senior Researcher, Nutrition Research and Development Centre, Ministry of Health, Bogor, Indonesia

Professor W.P.T. James, Chairman, International Obesity Task Force, London, England

Dr J.R. M’Buyamba Kabangu, Hypertension Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Professor M.B. Katan, Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

Dr T.J. Key, Cancer Research UK, Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England

Professor S. Kumanyika, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Vice-Chairperson)

Professor J. Mann, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Dr P.J. Moynihan, School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Dr A.O. Musaiger, Director, Environmental and Biological Programme, Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research, Manama, Bahrain

Dr G.W. Olwit, Kampala, Uganda

Dr J. Petkeviciene, Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas Medical University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Dr A. Prentice, Director, Human Nutrition Research, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, England

Professor K.S. Reddy, Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India

Dr A. Schatzkin, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Rockville, MD, USA

Professor J.C. Seidell, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands (Co-Rapporteur)

Dr A.P. Simopoulos, President, The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Washington, DC, USA

Professor S. Srianujata, Director, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Dr N. Steyn, Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

Professor B. Swinburn, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dr R. Uauy, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England (Chairperson)

Dr M. Wahlqvist, Director, Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Professor Wu Zhao-Su, Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Dr N. Yoshiike, Division of Health and Nutrition Monitoring, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

Representatives of other organizations[1]

United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination/Subcommittee on Nutrition (ACC/SCN).

Dr S. Rabenek, Technical Secretary, ACC/SCN, Geneva, Switzerland

Secretariat[2]

Dr K. Bagchi, Regional Adviser, Nutrition, Food Security and Safety, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

Dr T. Cavalli-Sforza, Regional Adviser, Nutrition, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Dr G.A. Clugston, Director, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr I. Darnton-Hill, Department of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Professor A. Ferro-Luzzi, National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Rome, Italy (Temporary Adviser)

Dr J. Leowski, Regional Adviser, Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

Dr C. Nishida, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland (Secretary)

Dr D. Nyamwaya, Medical Officer, Health Promotion, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe

Dr A. Ouedraogo, Regional Officer, Nutrition, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe Dr P. Pietinen, Department of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr P. Puska, Director, Department of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr E. Riboli, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Dr A. Robertson, Regional Adviser, Nutrition and Food Security Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr P. Shetty, Chief, Nutrition Planning, Assessment and Evaluation Service, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO, Rome, Italy

Dr R. Weisell, Nutrition Planning, Assessment and Evaluation Service, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO, Rome, Italy

Dr D. Yach, Executive Director, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland


[1] Unable to attend: International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria; Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia; United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, NY, USA; United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan; World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
[2] Unable to attend: Dr H. Delgado, Director, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Dr F.J. Henry, Director, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.

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