Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015

Nestlé in society:
Creating Shared Value
Nutrition, health
and wellness
Rural development
Water
Environmental
sustainability
Human rights
and compliance
Our
people
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Externally, we share our findings with health community
professionals and public health authorities, to help address
public health issues both nationally and globally. For example,
portion size data from KNHS forms the basis for our
discussions on reference amounts customarily consumed
(RACCs) with regulatory authorities in the United States.
We also shared findings from the MING study with more than
2144 public health professionals through 12 Nestlé workshops
in 2015, and across China via the NNI.
We also share knowledge through publications. Our latest
publications from both 2014 and 2015 include:
• A paper on the diets of infants and toddlers in the United
States who participated in the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Feeding Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC);
• A review of parents’ perceptions of their children’s diets
in the United States (see the case study on page 55);
• A study of early weaning and infant feeding practices
among Mexican children;
• Papers on food sources of energy and nutrients for infants
and toddlers in China;
• Papers on nutrient adequacy and non-communicable
disease risk factors for children and adolescents in China;
and
• Results in Mexico showing that increased snacking and
meal frequency is associated with higher energy intakes
in older children.
The Asian Congress of Nutrition
The ACN meets once every four years to encourage
scientific interchange between food and nutrition
researchers from Asian countries and worldwide. Its
meeting with the theme ‘Nutrition and Food for
Longevity’ was held in Yokohama, Japan, in May 2015.
Scientists from the NRC presented its work to a broad
scientific audience in Asia, through two scientific symposia:
• Presenting Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS)
(MING study) and KNHS in China; and
• Introducing the Nestlé Nutritional Profiling System.
A summary of the Nestlé Nutritional Profiling System
(NNPS) in Asia, presented at the symposia, was
published in the supplement of the Journal of Nutrition
Science and Vitaminology, and four exceptional scientists
were nominated by ACN organisers to receive the Nestlé
Nutrition Investigator Award.
The first years of a child’s life are a critical period of
development. Instilling good eating and drinking
habits during this time can help set a child on the
path to a healthy future.”
Dr Kathleen Reidy, Vice President, Nutrition
Science, Nestlé Infant Nutrition
In 2015, results were presented at several international
scientific meetings, including the Asia Pacific Conference on
Clinical Nutrition (Malaysia), the Asian Congress of Nutrition
(ACN; Japan), Experimental Biology (United States) and the
International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical
Activity (United Kingdom), the Lancet/Chinese Medical
Society meeting (Beijing) and the Congress of the Latin
American Society of Nutrition (SLAN; Dominican Republic).
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