Welcome to
World Nutrition Rio2012

As presidents of the World Public Health Nutrition Association (WPHNA) and of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (ABRASCO) it is our privilege and honour to welcome you to World Nutrition Rio2012, the most important, relevant and innovative public health and nutrition congress yet devised.

The overall theme of the congress is Knowledge, Policy and Action. This means the translation of the best evidence, to rational policies and effective programmes that will protect, preserve, and improve public health throughout the world.

World Nutrition Rio2012 will face the huge and complex challenges and crises that now confront those involved in public health nutrition. All the sessions of the congress have been designed to ensure discussion and debate, and to provide a forum for practitioners to share their experience, good and bad, so we can do thing better in the future.

Bringing academics, policy makers, and practitioners together from around the world, the ambition of World Nutrition Rio2012 is to be a new beginning for public health nutrition, to make it fit to face the challenges of this century.

Other pages on this website and on the WPHNAs and ABRASCOs websites give further details on the principles and general philosophy of the congress, as well as the practical details about how to register and submit abstracts. If you are not already a member of WPHNA and/or ABRASCO, please consider joining now, so you can benefit from the substantial savings for members, and more importantly so you can begin to be part of the change that is needed.
Your participation will make a difference, and remember it is in Rio de Janeiro, one of the great cities of the world. We are sure you will leave the congress energised and enthusiastic for the road ahead. We hope to see you in Rio de Janeiro in April 2012!