Mexico

"MEXICAN SOCIETY OF NUTRITION AND ENDOCRINOLOGY"

Membership:

The present active membership of the Society is 573

Executive Board for 2005:

Hans Leo Porias Cuellar, MD	President
Ma. Lourdes Morato Hdez., MD	Secretary
Rita A. Gomez Diaz, MD	Treasurer
Israel Lerman Garber, MD	Vice President
Raul Rivera Moscoso, MD	Vice Secretary
Alma Vergara Lopez, MD	Vice Treasurer

Annual congress:

The last congress was held in Acapulco in December 2004 with an attendance of 1280. The next meeting will be hold in Mérida, Yucatán in December 2005

Courses:

The international course “Evaluation and management of obesity” will take place on June 24-25, 2005 in Mexico City. Organized by the Society in conjunction with the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, the General Hospital and the North American Association for the study of Obesity (NAASO) it will include 21 conferences. A similar course will be hold in Merida Yucatán within the Annual Congress

The Journal:

The 12 years old journal of the Society, Revista de Endocrinología y Nutrición, continues to be publisheed quarterly

Committees:

During 2004 a 20 members task group was appointed to prepare a propossal of the position of the Society on obesity including definitions, risk factors, pathogenesis, diagnosis, medical complications, treatment (nutritional, exercise, education, pharmacological), psychological aspects and obesity in children and adolescents. The propossal was approved and a 72 pages report was published (in Spanish) in the journal of the Society (Revista de Endocrinología y Nutrición) 2004;12 (4; Suppl 3): S79-S151 The report includes the 8 pages position of the Society and 13 papers presenting the scientific support