federation of european nutrition societies federation of european nutrition societies the federation of european nutrition societies (fens) is a non-profit association, established in 1979 as an umbrella organization for the national nutrition societies of europe. each member country is represented by its representative nutrition society or association within fens. federation of european nutrition societies (fens)abbreviationfensformation1979typengoheadquarterslondon, ukregion served europeofficial language englishpresidentphilip calder, ukparent organizationinternational union of nutritional scienceswebsitefensnutrition.org the aims of fens are the combination of efforts for the development of research and education in nutrition sciences and the promotion of the importance of nutrition for public health in europe. it seeks to do this by coordinating the european nutrition societies at a european level, promoting and disseminating research and knowledge on nutrition sciences and facilitating nutrition learning and training, as well as scientific exchange across europe. activities fens conducts every 4 years its main event, the fens european nutrition conference, which is organized by one of the fens member societies, elected by the fens general assembly. all fens member societies and associations can take part in the bidding process for the organization of a fens enc. the federation of european nutrition societies is a member of the international union of nutritional sciences (iuns) and holds affiliated body status. the official fens journal is the “annals of nutrition and metabolism” (if 2022/2023: 5.923). citescore:6.0. fens members (status 2023) country society name austria austrian nutrition society / österreichische gesellschaft für ernährung (öeg) bulgaria bulgarian society of nutrition and dietetics belgium belgian nutrition society croatia croatian society for nutrition czech republic czech society of nutrition denmark selskabet for ernæringsforskning (sfe) finland finnish society for nutrition research france french society for nutrition / société française de nutrition (sfn) georgia georgian nutrition society germany german nutrition society / deutsche gesellschaft für ernährung (dge e.v.) greece hellenic nutrition society hungary hungarian nutrition society / magyar táplálkozástudományi társaság (mtt) iceland iceland nutrition society italy italian society of human nutrition (sinu) north macedonia macedonian society for nutrition and health montenegro montenegrin food and nutrition society norway norwegian society for nutrition / norsk selskap for ernæring (nse) poland polish society of nutritional sciences portugal portuguese society of nutrition & food science romania romanian nutrition society / societatea de nutritie din romania serbia serbian nutrition society spain spanish nutrition society / sociedad española de nutrición (señ) sweden swedish society for clinical nutrition (sfkn) switzerland swiss society for nutrition / schweizerische gesellschaft für ernährung (sge) netherlands dutch academy of nutritional sciences united kingdom & ireland the nutrition society european nutrition conferences conference year city country 1st european nutrition conference (previous to fens) 1973 cambridge united kingdom 2nd european nutrition conference (previous to fens) 1976 munich germany 3rd european nutrition conference (fens foundation) 1979 uppsala sweden 4th european nutrition conference fens 1983 amsterdam netherlands 5th european nutrition conference fens 1987 warsaw poland 6th european nutrition conference fens 1991 athens greece 7th european nutrition conference fens 1995 vienna austria 8th european nutrition conference fens 1999 lillehammer norway 9th european nutrition conference fens 2003 rome italy 10th european nutrition conference fens 2007 paris france 11th european nutrition conference fens 2011 madrid spain 12th european nutrition conference fens 2015 berlin germany 13th european nutrition conference fens oct. 15 - 18 2019 dublin ireland 14th european nutrition conference fens 2023 belgrade serbia