About Iranian Nutrition Society (Khorasan Razavi Branch)
Iranian Nutrition Society (Khorasan Razavi Branch) INSPEN(KR) is one the organizations of the Iranian Nutrition Society in the states, which officially started working on July 25, 2014 under the chairmanship of Dr. Mohsen Nematy, head and faculty member of the Department of Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Following the general election on World Food Day, 19 October 2017, Dr. Abdolreza Norouzy, nutritionist and faculty member of the Department of Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences was elected as Chairman of the Board along with the participation of other faculty members of the Department of Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and nutrition experts from Varastegan Institute for Medical Sciences.
Activities and Achievements
- Holding educational seminars and training courses with the aim of improving the scientific level of nutrition experts, general practitioners and other groups, on a regular basis and with the approval of the Continuing Education Center;
- Holding a general meeting of representatives and heads of organizations of the Iranian Nutrition Society in the states;
- Active participation in holding international conferences and congresses on nutrition on a periodic basis, including the Third International Conference on Clinical Nutrition in Iran , February 2017;
- Efforts to coordinate with well-known and international associations in the field of nutrition;
- Internationalization of the INSPEN(KR) with membership in the European and Asian Clinical Nutrition Associations since spring 2020;
- Updating programs for the graduate students in the current issues in nutritional sciences.
History
Education and research in the field of nutrition in Iran began in the early 1940s and has been gradually expanded. From that time on, there was a need for a kind of scientific and professional organization so that specialists and those involved in this field could exchange ideas, expand their knowledge and exchange experiences in scientific and technical fields., the Iranian Nutrition Association (INA) is the first scientific association in the field of food and nutrition with a view to these shortcomings and with an appropriate approach to improving the level of community health. The association have been registered with participation of 13 nutrition experts in the Islamic Republic of Iran under No. 3034 and was founded based on the three principles of non-dependence on a particular person or organization, involving more members in its activities and development of the scientific quality of the Association.
The mainstays of the Iranian Nutrition Association are the General Assembly, the Central Council, the Board of Directors, the INA organizations in the states (Tash) and committee groups. INA’s activities are primarily through the committees that work within the association.
