The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) is a non-profit association, established in 1979 as an umbrella organization for the national nutrition societies of Europe. Each member country is represented by its representative Nutrition Society or Association within FENS.
The aims of FENS are the combination of efforts for the development of research and education in Nutrition Sciences and the promotion of the importance of Nutrition for public health in Europe. It seeks to do this by coordinating the European nutrition societies at a European level, promoting and disseminating research and knowledge on nutrition sciences and facilitating nutrition learning and training, as well as scientific exchange across Europe.
Activities FENS conducts every 4 years its main event, the FENS European Nutrition Conference, which is organized by one of the FENS member societies, elected by the FENS General Assembly. All FENS Member Societies and Associations can take part in the bidding process for the organization of a FENS ENC.
The Federation of European Nutrition Societies is a member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)IUNS Affiliated Bodies FENS: IUNS Affiliated Bodies and holds Affiliated Body status. The official FENS Journal is the “Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism”Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism (Ann Nutr Metabol) (IF 2022/2023: 5.923). CiteScore:6.0.
FENS Members (status 2023) CountrySociety NameAustrian Nutrition Society / Österreichische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (ÖEG)Belgian Nutrition SocietyAssociation of Applied Nutrition in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgarian Society of Nutrition and Dietetics Croatian Society for NutritionCzech Society of NutritionSelskabet for Ernæringsforskning (SfE)Finnish Society for Nutrition ResearchFrench Society for Nutrition / Société Française de Nutrition (SfN)Georgian Nutrition SocietyGerman Nutrition Society / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung (DGE e.V.)Hellenic Nutrition SocietyHungarian Nutrition Society / Magyar Táplálkozástudományi Társaság (MTT)Iceland Nutrition SocietyItalian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU)Macedonian Society for Nutrition and HealthMontenegrin Food and Nutrition SocietyNorwegian Society for Nutrition / Norsk Selskap for Ernæring (NSE)Polish Society of Nutritional SciencesPortuguese Society of Nutrition & Food ScienceRomanian Nutrition Society / Societatea de Nutritie din RomaniaSerbian Nutrition SocietySpanish Nutrition Society / Sociedad Española de Nutrición (SEÑ)Swedish Society for Clinical Nutrition (SFKN)Swiss Society for Nutrition / Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (SGE)Dutch Academy of Nutritional Sciences & The Nutrition Society
European Nutrition Conferences ConferenceYearCityCountry 1st European Nutrition Conference (previous to FENS) Cambridge 2nd European Nutrition Conference (previous to FENS) Munich 3rd European Nutrition Conference (FENS Foundation) Uppsala 4th European Nutrition Conference FENS Amsterdam 5th European Nutrition Conference FENS Warsaw 6th European Nutrition Conference FENS Athens 7th European Nutrition Conference FENS Vienna 8th European Nutrition Conference FENS Lillehammer 9th European Nutrition Conference FENS Rome 10th European Nutrition Conference FENS Paris 11th European Nutrition Conference FENS Madrid 12th European Nutrition Conference FENS Berlin 13th European Nutrition Conference FENS 2019 Dublin 14th European Nutrition Conference FENS2023Belgrade15th European Nutrition Conference FENS2027Rotterdam
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