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© The Authors 2023.Optimum nutrition plays a major role in the achievement and maintenance of good health. The Nutrition Society of the UK and Ireland and the Sabri Ulker Foundation, a charity based in Turkiye and focused on improving public health, combined forces to highlight this important subject. A hybrid conference was held in Istanbul, with over 4,000 delegates from 62 countries joining the proceedings live online in addition to those attending in person. The primary purpose was to inspire healthcare professionals and nutrition policy makers to better consider the role of nutrition in their interactions with patients and the public at large to reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. The event provided an opportunity to share and learn from different approaches in the UK, Turkiye and Finland, highlighting initiatives to strengthen research in the nutritional sciences and translation of that research into nutrition policy. The presenters provided evidence of the links between nutrition and disease risk and emphasised the importance of minimising risk and implementing early treatment of diet related disease. Suggestions were made including improving health literacy and strengthening policies to improve the quality of food production and dietary behaviour. A multidisciplinary approach is needed whereby Governments, the food industry, non-governmental groups and consumer groups collaborate to develop evidence-based recommendations and appropriate joined up policies that do not widen inequalities. This summary of the proceedings will serve as a gateway for those seeking to access additional information on nutrition and health across the globe.
Author(s): Evans CEL, Besler HT, Dinc O, Lean M, Lovegrove JA, Lowe NM, Mathers JC, Mutus B, Satman I, Tanriover MD, Tedstone AE, Theobald C, Unal S, Vartiainen E, Wall R, Yardim N, Stowell JD
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Nutrition
Year: 2023
Volume: 130
Issue: 7
Pages: 1228–1238
Online publication date: 08/02/2023
Acceptance date: 01/02/2023
Date deposited: 05/07/2023
ISSN (print): 0007-1145
ISSN (electronic): 1475-2662
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523000260
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114523000260
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