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Announcement: AIFN got registered as a general incorporated association
The Association of International Foods and Nutrition ("AIFN") announces that it got registered as a general incorporated association on April 1, 2011.
It is also announced that the office was relocated on April 1;
New name of the organization:
The General Incorporated Association of International Foods and Nutrition(AIFN)
New address:
SHINJUKU i-LAND moboff 20F, 6-5-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 163-1320
Phone: +81-3-6365-0424 Fax: +81-3-3348-7515
AIFN Annual Assembly in 2009 was held on May 27 at the Foreign
Correspondent's Club of Japan.
Annual Assembly and Conference summary:
New organization name was approved, and Chairman and President were newly elected.
The theory of “Health GDP”, one of the strategic plans in AIFN, was presented.
Anniversary Seminar:
“Global Affairs of Dietary /Food Supplements”
John Venardos, Chairman of AIFN, and Director of CRN-US(Council for Responsible Nutrition) and NPA(Natural Products Association)
Anniversary Seminar:
“The impact of Dietary /Food Supplements (Integrated Medicine) on Health Care Expenditure”
Masakazu Furukawa, Ph.D. (Economics), Research Fellow, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University.
＊Health GDPmouse over here!
“Health GDP” is a new term advocated by AIFN. It is calculated by “GDP – total loss caused by disease”. In order to increase Health GDP, reduction of medical care cost is essential, and for that purpose, taking dietary/food supplements are one of the most effective ways.AIFN will precede the academic research project of Health GDP, to verify economic impact of dietary/food supplements cutting cost of medical care in Japan.
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