Promoting the Program for the Strengthening of Nutrition Instruction at Medicine Faculties and Schools in Mexico.

Summary

To promote the Program for the Strengthening of Nutrition Instruction at Medicine Faculties and Schools in Mexico, in November 1992 the International Nutrition Symposium took place in Mexico City and Guadalajara. The Symposium gathered outstanding specialists and dealt with actual topics in clinic nutrition. It was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Nestle's Advisory Board on Adult Nutrition (ABAN) in Switzerland, which persuaded prominent leaders of Nestle (from that country as well as from Mexico) to support this cause.

The Advisory Board on Adult Nutrition was made up of European, American, and Japanese scientists who cultivate diverse aspects of nutrition science, and who took part in many programs to promote the inclusion of this discipline in their own countries. The initiative of one of its members, Mr. José Represas, prompted the members of the ABAN to visit Mexico and take part in the symposium.

The event promoted the actualisation of teachers in the field of clinic nutrition; an exchange of ideas took place, the problems posed by the instruction on the subject were discussed, as well as the different strategies to overcome them, and negotiations to summon international support in order to accomplish the program goals were promoted.

Book

The book Nutrición Clínica 1994: Memorias de un Simposio Internacional, which contains the papers and discussions of the symposium.