Summary from the European Meeting of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nutrition, Kraków, 23–24 June 2010

Abstract

In June 2010, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, in co-operation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition at the Department of Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, organized in Krakow the 1^st Conference of the WHO European Collaborating Centres for Nutrition. Taking part were representatives of the WHO Regional Office for Europe Nutrition, Dr Joao Breda (Programme Manager – Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Programme) and representatives of the WHO Collaborating Centres for Nutrition from Denmark, Greece, Holland, the UK and Poland, as well as representatives of co-operating institutes from Portugal, Switzerland and the UK. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss the ongoing work of each Collaborating Centre and the development of a strategic plan for the coming years in the most important areas of interest: the prevention of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other NCD, nutrition and inequalities, capacity building in nutrition as well as micronutrient deficiencies (namely iodine deficiency). A final report summarising the Network Meeting is being prepared and will be released in due course.