About Us

• About National research Center (N R C)
• International College of Nutrition (I C N)
• Previous World Congresses on Clinical Nutrition (W C C N)

About National research Center (N R C)

N R C was established in 1956 , and is the largest multidisciplinary R & D centre in Egypt. The Department of Food Science and Nutrition is one of six departments belonging to the Division of Food industries and nutrition. The Mission of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition is to assure well-nourished Egyptians making health-promoting diet choices based on scientific evidence. Its mission is to define the role of food and its components in optimizing health throughout the life cycle for all Egyptians by conducting high national priority research.

Accordingly, the major components of the strategic action plan include:

Integrating nutrition monitoring and composition of foods data to provide statistical data over time for prevention of disease and for providing health promoting intervention strategies.

Establishing of a nurient data bank and innovation in Food composition

Nutrition Monitoring ; assessing the food consumption & dietary patterns and their quality
in relation to health outcomes – Health Promoting Intervention Strategies + Nutrition
education programs for Targeted Populations [Community and public health nutrition]

Meal patterning or/ and supplementation with meal dietary bioactives including fermented foods, probiotics and botanicals [Phytochemicals] and follow – up studies to assess their implications on reducing chronic disease risk such as

1. Hypocholesterolemic effect
2. control of blood sugar
3. Anti-oxidative effect
4. vitamin and micronutrient status
5. Bone health
6. immune function

Adopting molecular targets techniques and measuring the expression of selected key genes for
Better understanding the mechanism of action of the health promoting properties of functional
Foods and the relationship between diet, genetics, lifestyle, and the prevention of disease
Translation of research from bench into foods consumer wants to eat
Adoption of new technologies for nutrition research .
Interactions among associated laboratories conducting human nutrition research in the country and worldwide

List of publications coming out during the last ten years are available upon request
www.nrc.sci.eg  E-mail : info@nrc.sci.eg  ; Fax : (+2 02) 33370931
Tel (+202) 33371362/ 433/ 499 (Extension 2638)

International College of Nutrition (I C N)

ICN is founded in 1986 in India by Professor R Singh and others as an Indian organization with the mission of improving the health of individuals and citizens through nutritional education. However, the founders soon became aware of the need for national and international professional standards, and for regulation and protection beyond the state level. Today ICN is a flourishing international professional association of practicing clinical nutritionists in many health care professions who strive to attain the highest standards of competency and practice. The ICN is a forum for the exchanges of informations and research collaboration between scientists and medical doctors
It addresses the needs of professional clinical nutritionists and the public that is served. This includes a commitment to public education supporting and producing public education programs on nutrition As an organizational member of the prestigious International Associations for Continuing Education and Training, that provides continuing education courses to update practitioners on the latest technical research and assessment techniques
Its activity flourishes rapidly with hundreds of members distributed all over the world An electronic list with the names of the ICN members and their affilliations are available upon request.
Member Forums organizing ICN conferences for the purpose of growth, networking, and idea exchange.

Next year the ICN will celebrate its silver anniversary

Contact ICN key member

Dr RB Singh,Dir, Medical Res Halberg Hospital & Res Inst , Mioradabad, UP, India
E-mail: icn2005@sancharnet.in  Tel: 0091 591 2410092

Previous World Congresses on Clinical Nutrition (W C C N)