Sweden

“The Swedish National Committee for Nutritional Science at
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences”

Members

Prof. Bengt Vessby, MD, Uppsala University, chair

Prof. Olle Hernell, MD, Umeå University, vice chair

Prof. Ingvar Bosaeus, MD, Gothenburg University, secretary

Prof. Nils-Georg Asp, MD, Lund University, IUNS representative

Prof. Åke Bruce, MD, National Food Administration, Uppsala

Prof. Elisabeth Forsum, PhD, Linköping University

Prof. Jan-Åke Gustafsson, MD, Karolinska Institutet

Prof. Ingegerd Johansson, OdontD, Umeå University

Prof. Åke Nilsson, MD, Lund University

Prof. Per Åman, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Address

c/o Prof. Ingvar Bosaeus, Secretary

Section of Clinical Nutrition

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden

Phone: +46 (0)31 342 4810

Fax.: +46 (0)31 342 3185

E-mail: ingvar.bosaeus@nutrition.gu.se

Term of Committee

2002-2004

Consultants

None

Year Established

1974

Activities in 2004

The Swedish National Committee for Nutritional Science is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and represents the Academy in the International Union of Nutritional Sciences, IUNS. As contact person for IUNS matters is Professor Nils-Georg Asp, Lund.

The main responsibility of the committee is to promote research and teaching of Nutritional Sciences by bringing related scientific fields into collaboration and to offer expertise for the universities, the society and the academy.

During 2004 two conferences have been arranged in collaboration with the Swedish Society of Clinical Nutrition at the Swedish Society of Medicine, and SNF Swedish Nutrition Foundation. The first conference on 10 March 2004 focussed on the importance of meal patterns, and the second one on 10 November on scientific documentation of popular diets. Papers and reports from these conferences are published in the Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition.

In preparation for the forthcoming 18^th IUNS Conference of Nutrition, the committee has promoted Nordic collaboration regarding IUNS council representation.