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
　�@Nutrition 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)
　�AHealth 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)
　�BPrevalence 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)
　�CThe regional health disparities in Japan using the National Health and Nutrition Survey
　　Dr. Emiko Okada (Department of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, NIHN, NIBIOHN, Japan)