Hong Kong Nutrition Association
Address:
P.O. Box 71290, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-9410-7442
Fax: 852-3020-6298
Email: info@hkna.org.hk
Website: www.hkna.org.hk
Contact:
Mr. Terry Ting (2009-2010)
President, Hong Kong Nutrition Association
P.O. Box 71290, Kowloon Central Post Office, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-9410-7442
Fax: 852-3020-6298
Email: president@hkna.org.hk
Year Established: 1980
Members:
HKNA has 160 full members, including nutritionists and dietitians working in clinical, community and commercial field.
Executive Council:
Executive Committee 2009 – 2010
President:Mr. Terry Ting
president@hkna.org.hk
President-elect:Mr. Gordon
Cheungpreselect@hkna.org.hk
Hon. Secretary:Ms. Rhoda Ng
secretary@hkna.org.hk
Hon. Treasurer:Ms. Carmela Lee
treasurer@hkna.org.hk
Internal Coordinator:Ms. Mandy Man
internal@hkna.org.hk
External Coordinator:Mr. Frankie Siu
external@hkna.org.hk
Membership Secretary:Ms. Kathleen Yau
membership@hkna.org.hk
Newsletter Editor:Ms. Kathy Yim
editor@hkna.org.hk
Education Sub-com:Ms Angela Chan & Mr. Tony
Aueducation@hkna.org.hk
Continuing Edu. Sub-com:Mr. Peter Chiu & Ms. Kendy Tam
continuing@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 HK (FMSHK)
Academic 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 application as well as 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 2009:
2010-03-25 Sharing Session on The 19th International Congress of Nutrition, Nov 09 Thailand
2010-02-10 Pediatric Eating Disorder-Certificate Course on Paediatric Nutrition-FMSHK
2010-02-04 Updates in Breast milk composition and Optimal Child Development
2010-02-03 Pediatric Weight Management -Certificate Course on Paediatric Nutrition-FMSHK
2010-01-28 Dietary Glutamate the Role in a Healthy Diet
2010-01-27 Children and Adolescent Nutrition Part 2-Certificate Course on Paediatric Nutrition-FMSHK
2010-01-20 Children and Adolescent Nutrition Part 1-Certificate Course on Paediatric Nutrition-FMSHK
2010-01-13 Infant Nutrition Part 2-Certificate Course on Paediatric Nutrition-FMSHK
2010-01-06 Infant Nutrition Part 1-Certificate Course on Paediatric Nutrition-FMSHK
2009-11-04 Effective Communication with Your Clients for Healthcare Professionals
2009-08-15 Soy: Food of the Future by the Soy Expert
2009-07-23 Natural Remedies for Eye Diseases - Science or Fiction?
2009-06-01 Hyperimmune Egg Seminar
2009-05-16 Yakult Tai Po Site Visit
2009-05-14 Nutrition Support Seminar
2009-04-24 Introduction to ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems-Requirements
2009-03-31 Caffeine and Exercise
2009-02-16 Diet and Your Genes
2009-01-16 Obesity Measuring Tape for Children Aged 6 to 18
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 2009:
2010-05-18 Seminar: Childrens 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 Seminar - Strategies to Feed Cancer Patients
2010-02-04 Updates in Breast milk composition and Optimal Child Development
2009-11-05 Conference on Successful Ageing through Holistic Living
2009-10-09 CADENZA Symposium 2009: Primary Care & Older Persons
2009-09-30 11th Hong Kong Diabetes & Cardiovascular Risk Factors – East Meets West (EMW) Symposium
2009-06-30 Brief Session on Nutrition Labelling Teaching Kit 2009
2009-06-20 Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors - East Meets West: Meet the Experts Symposium
2009-06-15 Healthy Weight Management
2009-06-15 Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
2009-06-05 PENSA 2009: Energizing Nutrition Support Practice for Life
2009-05-22 CEPA of the Care of People with Traumatic Brain Injuries
2009-05-15 New Certification Schemes for Hong Kong to meet New Challenges
2009-04-15 New Findings in the Scientific Advancement of Cancer Nutrition Therapy KOL Summit
2009-03-27 Sharing on South Asian Health Support Program
2009-03-27 The Joint Regional Symposium on Regulation of Pesticide Residues in Food
2009-02-16 Diet and Your Genes
2009-01-16 Diabetes Hong Kong Symposium on Diabetes Patient Empowerment in Private Settings
Publications:
In the past few years, HKNA has published a few nutrition-related books. The most recently published is a nutrition booklet for local elite sportsmen, written by one of our EC, Mr. Frankie Siu, who is specialized in sports nutrition. The booklet covers a wide range of topics, from basic sports nutrition to specific nutritional strategies before, during and after exercise and use of nutritional supplements such as sport foods and ergogenic aids.
With the effort of our members, Ms. Rhoda Ng and Ms. Celcona Leung, an egg cookbook was developed in last year with sponsorship from The American Egg Board. The cookbook provides different ways of cooking eggs in healthy and nutritious ways.
At last but not least, over 10 members were involved in writing a weight management book. The book was published in 2007. It focused on weight management, which becomes one of the hottest topics nowadays. The writers illustrated scientific facts in simple and creative ways, making this book easy to read and understand.
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 Nutrition 2008
Symposia
- Co-organizer for the Conference on Successful Ageing through Holistic Living organized by Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Supporting organization for the 7th Annual Health Professional Conference organized by World Cancer Research Fund Hong Kong
- Supporting organization for the 3rd and 4th International Functional Food Symposium organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Supporting organization for the International Conference on Childhood Obesity (ICCO) 2008 organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Collaboration with government and local universities:
HKNA involves actively with the government on various public education campaigns initiated by the Department of Health such as Eatsmart@Restaurant and Eatsmart@School as well as legislative issues such as the launch of nutrition labelling. 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 has been collaborating with 2 major universities, Hong Kong Baptist University and The Open University of Hong Kong, and organizes nutrition or food-related educational programs.
HKNA is developing a healthy snack database with Hong Kong Department of Health's Eatsmart@school project. Through this database, we hope to provide information of healthy snacks for the general public in Hong Kong, especially tuck-shop and/or vending machine operators, school personnel and parents who are responsible for monitoring the supply of snacks at schools.
