Acceptance of more than 850 papers at the International Congress of Nutrition

The scientific secretary of International Congress of Nutrition said: “Mashhad University of Medical Sciences is proud to hold the Nutrition Congress: From Laboratory Research to Clinical Studies in Mashhad in order to promote nutritional health.”

Dr. Seyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh noted: “At this congress, various international organizations such as WHO, UNESCO, the American Society of Molecular Biology (IUBMB), Indonesian Nutrition Institute (INA), and more than 40 speakers from countries such as France, Malaysia, Italy, Egypt, Switzerland, the United States, Britain, Austria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Armenia are present.”

He added: “We will host well-known scientific figures such as Professor Salvador from the UK, Nobel laureate; Professor Park, UNICEF Representative in Iran, and a representative of World Health Organization in Cairo, who will discuss about nutritional problems and scientific solutions.”

The scientific secretary of the International Congress of Nutrition said: “During the congress’s call for papers, numerous papers were received, from which 850 papers were accepted in various areas after scientific studies conducted in the scientific committees.”

Dr. Prizadeh noted: “These papers have been accepted in a variety of subjects, including cancer, obesity, metabolic syndrome, nutrition in ECU, nutrition in cardiac patients, nutrition in specific patients, and Nano-foods.”

He added: "Human nutrition and health, molecular and cellular mechanisms in obesity, metabolic syndrome and related diseases, molecular and cellular medicine and nutritional diseases, clinical studies in genetics, nutrition and nutrigenomics, nutrition in cardiovascular diseases, fasting and health are among the topics of the Congress.”

Also, topics of the food industry sciences including food health, food technology, food chemistry, food microbiology, food biotechnology, food science and nanotechnology are being addressed.

At the end, Dr Parizadeh expressed hope: "During the three days of the congress, by organizing scientific and practical workshops, we hope to be able to address nutritional problems and reach scientific solutions.”