aah! you also forgot to mention that ANEC 8 gave AFROFOODS the platform to
run a seminar that was actively patronised and excellent presentations were
made by your team of presenters. They also got to do a plenary AND a
manuscript will appear in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (Impact
Factor of 5.35 as at 2017).

Bravo to the AFROFOODS Team

Francis
____________________________
Francis B. Zotor PhD, RNutr, FHEA
Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition
Director, International Programmes
Office of International Programmes
University of Health & Allied Sciences
P.M.B 31, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.
Web: www.uhas.edu.gh

Skype: dr.francis.b.zotor

*Council Member, International Union of Nutritional Sciences: 2017-2021
*Immediate Past President, African Nutrition Society*
*Member, Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network*





On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 12:23, Charrondiere, Ruth (FAORLC) <
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> Dear all,
>
> I forgot another achievement:
>
> Our *FAO/INFOODS e-Learning Course on Food Composition Data* is now also
> available in French: *Cours d'apprentissage en ligne FAO/INFOODS sur les
> données sur la composition des aliments* through
> http://www.fao.org/elearning/#/elc/fr/Course/FCD (not yet through the
> INFOODS website)
>
>
>
> And during the revision we noted in the English version some small
> inconsistencies or phrases that might have been difficult to understand
> which were corrected. In addition, the layout was improved and it can now
> be run on tablets and cellphones.
>
>
>
> Disfruten – how we say in Chile (meaning enjoy)
>
> All the best
>
> Ruth
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Charrondiere, Ruth (FAORLC)
> *Sent:* Monday, December 17, 2018 10:33 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Happy season greetings
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> It is my pleasure to send you the happiest season greetings to you and
> your families. I wish you serenity, happiness, satisfaction and being near
> people you appreciate and love.
>
>
>
> Another year is almost gone and I can see that we as a food composition
> family have achieved a lot. For me, the most important achievement is
> knowing that we help each other when needed (including expressing our
> appreciation), are happy to meet wherever we can and that together we have
> done a lot with the few means we have. Thank you to each of you for your
> contribution, small or big, in words or acts and for any financial support
> (done or intended). At this occasion, I would like to express my
> appreciation to FAO who continues to provide some funding and part of my
> time to work on food composition and continue being INFOODS global
> coordinator.
>
>
>
> I would like to mention some of the 2018 achievements which I know about –
> and sorry if I forgot some (then please share them with all):
>
> -  Kenya published their new FCT and recipe book:
> http://www.fao.org/3/I8897EN/i8897en.pdf and
> http://www.fao.org/3/I9056EN/i9056en.pdf
>
> - other countries with a new version of their FCT: Japan, USDA, Nigeria
>
> - Food composition training were held in South Africa (5d), Ethiopia (1d),
> Columbia (3d), Cuba (4d), India (1d)
>
> - regional meetings were held: AFROFOODS meeting in South Africa,
> SAARCFOODS meeting in India, LATINFOODS meeting in Mexico
>
> - we published the FAO/INFOODS/IZiNCG Global Food Composition Database for
> Phytate – Version 1.0 (PhyFoodComp1.0):
> http://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/tables-and-databases/faoinfoods-databases/en/
>
> - we continued working on the following guidelines and FCT, which will
> hopefully be published in 2019 (with some additional funding in most)
>
> o   FAO/INFOODS Evaluation Framework to Assess the Quality of Published
> Food Composition Tables and Databases (FCT/FCDB) – ready for publication
>
> o   FAO/INFOODS Compilation Guidelines – advanced draft ready
>
> o   FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Table for West Africa (funding from Bill
> and Melinda Gates Foundation through INDDEX project)
>
> o   Spanish version of FAO/INFOODS guidelines
>
> §  FAO/INFOODS Guidelines for converting units, denominators and
> expressions
>
> §  FAO/INFOODS Guidelines for Food Matching
>
> §  FAO/INFOODS Guidelines for Checking Food Composition Data prior to
> Publication of a User Table/Database
>
>
>
> We still have challenges to update the INFOODS website (not really done
> since one year) which means that the new (or newly known) FCT/FCDB are not
> accessible through the INFOODS website and some errors which occurred (e.g.
> broken links) are not repaired, nor are new regional coordinators
> published, for example:
>
> - 2015 Colombian food composition table:
> https://www.icbf.gov.co/bienestar/nutricion/tabla-alimentos
>
> - Updated French FCT (https://ciqual.anses.fr/# <https://ciqual.anses.fr/>.),
> Danish FCT –Frieda 3 (http://frida.fooddata.dk/?lang=en), Nigerian FCT (
> nigeriafooddata.ui.edu.ng)
>
> - INFOODS success stories of 2017
>
> - Argentina Declaration
>
> - INFOODS reports (regional reports, to IUNS)
>
> - the universities using the e-learning course on food composition data
>
> - The Questions and Exercises of the Food Composition Study Guide
> (English, French and Spanish) are not available not the excel files with
> the key foods exercise.
>
> I hope this problem can be fixed next year and that the INFOODS website
> will hold again all updated information
>
>
>
> Again, thanks to all for everything you contributed to a successful year
> 2018 and I also wish you a happy new year 2019 – with many new adventures
>
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Ruth
>
>
>
> P.S. Reply to all only if you have an activity or publication to add that
> I forgot to mention, or other important information to share. If you want
> to wish someone a merry Christmas and a happy new year, please do it by
> sending a private email J
>
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