Lebanon
"LEBANESE ASSOCIATION FOR
NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES (LANFS)"
LANFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Dr. Nahla Hwalla, Ph.D, RD, President LANFS ,
Chairperson, Nutrition and Food Sciences Department American University of
Beirut ,Beirut Lebanon
(AODA member)
Huda Ardakani Maamari
, BSc.,Vice President , Head of dietetary Department , Hotel Dieu de
France University Hospital
(AODA member)
Rola Zahr Naanai,BS,Secretary
,Head Dietitian At Makassed
General Hospital
Dima El Timani ,
MSc.,Treasurer ,Dietitian , Chronic care center
Omar Obeid,
Ph.D.,Accountant, Assistant professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences ,American
University of Beirut
(AODA member)
Nadine Mahboub, MSc., Public Relations,
Dietitian, American University of Beirut Health center
Address
Nahla Hawalla, PhD., RD.
President of LANFS
Chairperson Department of Nutrition and food Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural and food Sciences
American University of Beirut
P.O.Box: 11-0236 Riad El Solh
Beirut: 1107-2020
Tel:01/354911-341310-350000 Ext. 4450/1
Fax: 961-1-351666,961-1-744460
Email: nahla@aub.edu.lb
Term of LANFS Membership
2003-2005
Consultants
None
Year Established
Established:1970 Frozen :1972 Reactivated :
1992
2004-2005 Activities:
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Dr. Hwalla Represented
LANFS in the “3rd International Congress on the Columbus Concept”-
Brussels. October 5-9, 2004
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Dr. Hwalla organized and
participated with other members of LANFS in a workshop to educate physicians
on medical nutrition therapy for diabetes. Damascus, Syria. December 4-5, 2004
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Dr. Hwalla participated in
the international conference on “Mediterranean Foods: Reasons to Defend it” in
Malaga, Spain on March 31, 2005. The conference was organized by the
Mediterranean Food Institute which belongs to the Agriculture and Fisheries
Regional Ministry of Andalusia.
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Dr Hwalla enlightened the
community of Universite Saint Joseph ( USJ ) Beirut, Lebanon on the role of
LANFS in dietetic practice through a presentation on “Dietetic Practice in
Lebanon” .April 22, 2005
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Dr. Obeid participated as a
guest speaker in the “Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Conference” in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. Dr. Obeid presented a paper on “Olive Oil and Chronic Diseases.”
The conference was organized in collaboration with the Arab Center for
Nutrition. April 11-15, 2005
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Dr Obeid represented LANFS
in the Third National Congress “ Hot Topics in General Practice” organized by
the Lebanese order of Physicians and Lebanese Society of General Practice and
presented two lectures entitled: “ Food Intake Control: the Role of
Macronutrients” and “ Nutrition and Cardio-Vascular Diseases”. Beit Attabib-
Beirut, Lebanon. April15-16, 2005
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Dr Obeid participated in a
consultancy on “Iron deficiency anemia and iodine deficiency disorders
guidelines” in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office in Cairo from April
26 till April 28, 2005. All expenses were covered by the organizers of the
conference
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Dr Malik Batal represented LANFS at the second Arab Nutrition conference that
took place between 9- 7 December 2004 at the Crown Plaza Hotel -Manama
-Kingdom of Bahrain. Dr Batal enlightened in this conference the Arab
scientific community on” Factors influencing breast feeding in Lebanon.”
-
Dr Katherine Gray-Donald,
the former Director of the
School of
Dietetics and Human
Nutrition at McGill University in Canada
updated LANFS members on following topics which
were presented on June 9 ,13 and 14, 2005 :
a.
Diet as a major
contributor to health; what is the evidence?
b.
Measuring food
and nutrient intake: suiting the method
to
the purpose
c. Short methods of
measuring diet.
10. Dr. Malik Batal
represented LANFS during the FAO World food day that took place between 11
-13 October 2004 in the order of Engineers -Beirut . The conference addressed
“The role of biodiversity in food security “Dr. Batal Addressed the consequence
of biodiversity on food habits
- During the year
2004 The Lebanese Parliament Committees approved of the draft of “legislation
of the regulation of Nutrition Practice in Lebanon”.
As a complimentary step LANFS are still working on holding an accreditation
exam for dietitians for proper regulation of Nutrition practice in Lebanon .
Also LANFS is working on organizing the procedure to hold a national
colloquium exam for dietitians in Lebanon
12. Dr Sana Gahaddar
a new Faculty member at AUB updated LANFS members on :
“The silent killers: Calcium and phosphorous
- LANFS
members participated in a national campaign for the prevention of
atherosclerosis .The campaign was organized by The Lebanese Association of
Vascular Surgery .Each dietitian offered counseling for the prevention of
atherosclerosis to groups of people at in health service setting in various
Lebanese areas.
14. Due to the
cuurent political circumstances that prevailed recently in Lebanon Elections of
the new executive committee members was postponed till December 2005
[Annual Report, 2004-2005]
