The Ninth Asian Network Symposium on Nutrition

Assessment and monitoring of health disparities using national nutrition surveys

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Date：Tue, 18th February 2020 1pm～5pmJPN
Venue：National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
Supporting bodies：Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, The Japan Dietetic Association, The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics

※The event was not open to the public to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
※The three speakers, from China, South Korea, and Thailand, gave lectures online from their locations and also participated in the discussion.

Program

Chairpersons:Dr. NISHI Nobuo (NIHN, NIBIOHN) and Dr. Juliawati UNTORO (WHO/WPRO)

１）Keynote Lecture

Strategy and progress in reducing the double burden of malnutrition in the Western Pacific Region
Dr. Juliawati UNTORO (WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific)

２）Research Reports

Regional differences in weight status of adults in Asia and the Western Pacific Region
: findings from international research collaboration
Dr. Nayu Ikeda (Section of Population Health Metrics, NIHN, NIBIOHN, Japan)

３）Country Reports

①Nutrition transition and the development of Nutrition policy in China
Dr. Gangqiang Ding (National Institute for Nutrition and Health Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China)

②Health equity research and policies in Korea and the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
: Current status and future challenges
Prof. Young-Ho Khang (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
③Prevalence and trends of obesity and association with socioeconomic status in Thais：
Data from National Health Examination Survey Thailand
Prof. Wichai Aekplakorn (Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand)
④The regional health disparities in Japan using the National Health and Nutrition Survey
Dr. Emiko Okada (Department of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, NIHN, NIBIOHN, Japan)