World Nutrition Rio 2012

Abstract

The event was organized by a partnership between the World Public Health Nutrition Association (WPHNA) and the Brazilian Association of Graduate Studies on Public Health (ABRASCO-Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva) and sponsored by many institutions. The main purpose of this event is to help to consolidate bridges among knowledge, politics and actions in the field of Food and Nutrition in Public Health (ANSC-Alimentação e Nutrição em Saúde Coletiva). Therefore, the event hopes to offer a space to bring people together, exchange ideas, and to promote the convergence of researchers, public policy managers, local professionals and activists who work in this field throughout the world.