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International Union of Nutritional Sciences

Field	Value
name	International Union of Nutritional Sciences
caption	IUNS
abbreviation	IUNS
formation
type	INGO
location	Vienna, Austria
region_served	Worldwide
language	English
leader_title	President
leader_name	Hyun-Sook Kim
parent_organization	International Science Council
website	IUNS Official website

The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) is an international non-governmental organization established in 1946 devoted to the advancement of nutrition. Its mission and objectives are:

To promote advancement in nutrition science, research, and development through international cooperation at the global level.
To encourage communication and collaboration among nutrition scientists as well as to disseminate information in nutritional science through modern communication technology.

Since its 1946 foundation, the membership has grown to include 85 national adhering bodies and 17 affiliations.

IUNS International Congresses

Year	City	Country	Number of Delegates	Countries Attending
1948	London		22	13
1952	Basel		150	18
1954	Amsterdam		360	32
1957	Paris		1000	22
1960	Washington, D.C.		2000	65
1963	Edinburgh		1500	63
1966	Hamburg		2100	81
1969	Prague		1800	62
1972	Mexico City		2000	66
1975	Kyoto		2300	55
1978	Rio de Janeiro		3500	92
1981	San Diego		2500	83
1985	Brighton		2300	92
1989	Seoul		3500	104
1993	Adelaide		2600	91
1997	Montreal		3250	92
2001	Vienna		3550	113
2005	Durban		2100	92
2009	Bangkok		4070	106
2013	Granada		3896
2017	Buenos Aires		3038
2022	Tokyo		Originally scheduled for 2021, postponed until 2022
2025	Paris	France
2029	Vancouver	Canada

Governing Council

The Council consists of five Officers, the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Immediate Past-President, and six Council members.

IUNS's current council consists of the following:

President: Hyun-Sook Kim Korea;
Vice President: Francis Zotor Ghana;
President Elect: Jacques Delarue France;
Secretary General: Edith Feskens Netherlands;
Treasurer: Welma Stonehouse Australia;
Member: Amos Laar Ghana;
Member: Hardinsyah Indonesia;
Member: Zhaoping Li United States;
Member: Gladys Morales Chile;
Member: Ngozi Nnam Nigeria;
Member: Philip Calder UK;
Immediate Past-President: Lynnette M. Neufeld Canada.

Headquarters

IUNS is registered in Vienna, Austria.

Secretariat

IUNS; The Nutrition Society; Boyd Orr House, 10 Cambridge Court; 210 Shepherds Bush Road; London; UK; W6 7NJ

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