Hong Kong Nutrition Association
Addresses of FANS Member Countries
Hong Kong: Mr. Gordon Cheung (2010 – 2011)
President, Hong Kong Nutrition Association
P.O. Box 71290, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong
Phone:852-5115-3994
Fax:852-3020-6298
Email: president@hkna.org.hk
Website: www.hkna.org.hk
Address:
Address:P.O. Box 71290, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-5115-3994
Fax: 852-3020-6298
Email: info@hkna.org.hk
Website: www.hkna.org.hk
Year Established: 1980
Number of Members:Full members: 209
Executive Council:
Honorary Members
Dr. Susan Lui
Mrs. Veronica Ho
Executive Committee 2010 – 2011
President
Mr. Gordon Cheung
president@hkna.org.hk
President-elect
Mr. Terry Ting
preselect@hkna.org.hk
Hon. Secretary
Mr. Frankie Siu
secretary@hkna.org.hk
Hon. Treasurer
Ms. Carmela Lee
treasurer@hkna.org.hk
Internal Coordinator
Dr. Susan Lui
internal@hkna.org.hk
External Coordinator
Ms. Mandy Man
external@hkna.org.hk
Membership Secretary
Ms. Kathleen Yau
membership@hkna.org.hk
Newsletter Editor
Mr. Tony Au
editor@hkna.org.hk
Education Sub-com
Ms. Taffy Yip & Ms. Melody Choi
education@hkna.org.hk
Continuing Edu. Sub-com
Mr. Peter Chiu & Ms. Kendy Tam
continuing@hkna.org.hk
Health Promotion Sub-com
Ms. Rhoda Ng & Ms. Sally Poon & Ms. Angela Chan
health@hkna.org.hk
International Affiliation:
Full Member of Asian Federation of Nutrition Society (FANS)
Observer Member of International Union of Nutritional Societies (IUNS)
Founding Member of Asian Federation of Dietetic Association (AFDA)
Affiliated Group Member of British Nutrition Society, UK
Associated Member of the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong (FMSHK)
Activities
HKNA believes that continuing education is essential to maintain the high standard of the profession in the area of nutrition and dietetic. A continuing education system has been set up since 2007. Members are required to earn a certain level of continuing education (CE) points for membership renewal. The association aims at providing regular academic activities for the members in order to keep them updated of the newest information and knowledge in the nutrition and dietetic field. The following are the activities that had taken place since 2010:
- 2011-04-29 Common Eating Problems in Clinical Paediatric Practice
2011-03-17 Revisit the Issue on Cholesterol and Hypocholesterolemic Functional Foods
2010-12-10 You Are What Your Parents Eat: The Impacts of Fetal Programming
2010-11-10 5th Asian Congress of Dietetics, Bangkok, Thailand
2010-10-30 HKNA 2010 Fitness Camp
2010-10-20 Seminar on Breaking the Code of GM Food cum HKNA Open Forum
2010-08-25 Update on Treatment of Food Allergies
2010-06-30 HKNA Taipei Site Visit Tour
2010-04-20 Chengdu, SiChuan Conference: Impact of Dietary Transition on Public Health: Challenging and Coping
2010-03-25 Sharing Session on The 19th International Congress of Nutrition
2010-01-28 Dietary Glutamate the Role in a Healthy Diet
The association also joined hands with other professional organizations, both local and international, to provide academic and scientific meetings to the members. The followings are some of the events that had taken place since 2010:
- 2011-04-06 Symposium: Aggressive Management of Pressure Sore in Elders: A Surgical and Nutritional Approach
2011-01-14 Symposium on Infant Feeding 2011
2010-10-13 8th Certificate Course in Cardiac Rehabilitation
2010-10-02 East Meets West 2010
2010-10-01 East Meets West 2010
2010-09-29 Current Programme and Future Prospects for Nutrition Professionals in China
2010-07-16 Infant Growth, Development and Long Term Health
2010-06-22 New Era in Nutrition: Food Labeling/ Implication of Labeling Law on Childhood Nutrition
2010-05-18 Children’s Eating Behaviors: Normal Development & Intervention for Problem Behaviors/ Clinical Outcome of Intervention of Picky Eaters
2010-05-16 Practical Information and Solutions for Children Problematic Eating Behaviors
2010-04-29 Strategies to Feed Cancer Patients
2010-04-12 GM Crops and Foods: Are They Safe? Do We Need Them?
2010-02-26 European Union – Hong Kong International Workshop on Nutrition Profiles
2010-02-25 Building Confidence on Food Safety Together: Roles of Government, Industry and Academics
2010-02-04 Updates in Breast Milk Composition and Optimal Child Development
2010-01-06 Infant Nutrition – Certificate Course on Pediatric Nutrition
National meetings
HKNA participates in a number of regional and national meetings in the past years, listed in the following:
- International Congress of Nutrition 2009
IUNS general meeting 2009
FANS annual meeting 2009
Asian Congress of Dietetics 2010
Nutrition Conference of Great China Region 2010
- Supporting organization for 8th Certificate Course in Cardiac Rehabilitation organized by Hong Kong College of Cardiology
Collaboration with government and universities
HKNA involves actively with the government on various public education campaigns initiated by the Department of Health such as Eatsmart@Restaurant, Eatsmart@School, StartSmart@School, Taskforce of Hong Kong Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitute, Database of Prepackaged Snacks and education tools for breast milk substitutes. The association also joined the Education Taskforce on Nutrition Labelling of the Centre for Food Safety, aiming to develop educational tools for the general public.
The association is now collaborating with 2 major universities, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to organize an internship programme to Food and Nutritional Sciences students. The association is also collaborating with School of Public Health, CUHK to conduct a research on the growth of preschoolers and to provide group education and individual consultation to overweight and underweight preschoolers, respectively.
Collaboration with local nutrition and dietetic associations
Since Hong Kong does not have local registration for dietitians, HKNA has been working with Hong Kong Dietitians Association (HKDA) and Hong Kong Practising Dietitians Union (HKPDU) in pursuing local dietitian registration. Several activities to increase government and public awareness of the importance of regulating dietitian in protecting public health were carried out since 2008. For example, in December 2010, HKNA working with HKDA and HKPDU held an event “100 Diabetics & Dietitians, Enjoy Buffet in a Healthy Way”. This event was organized to highlight dietitian’s therapeutic role in disease management. A hundred diabetic patients were invited to enjoy Christmas buffet lunch where 23 dietitians gave dietary advice and provided counseling on food choice and portion control. Mass media was also invited to report this event.
updated 2011 June
