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1 NATIONAL MOH NUTRITIONIST’S SYMPOSIUM 2017: NUTRITIONIST AND WELL BEING OF
ST
MALAYSIANS
The biennial symposium was held on 13 to 14 May 2017 at Pearl International Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
attended by 350 Nutritionists throughout Malaysia. The symposium was launched by YBhg.
Datuk Dr. Lokman Hakim b. Sulaiman, Deputy Director General (Public Health). The theme for
the first symposium was Nutritionist and Well-Being of Malaysians. Activities carried out during
this symposium were oral presentation, research posters exhibition and the Potpourri Nutrition
sessions (Image 25).

Image 25
Launching of 1 National MOH Nutritionist’s Symposium 2017: Nutritionist and
st
Well Being of Malaysians by YBhg. Datuk Dr. Lokman Hakim b. Sulaiman

Source: Nutrition Division, 2017

THE LAUNCHING OF RECOMMENDED NUTRIENT INTAKE (RNI) FOR MALAYSIA 2017 AT 1ST
SOUTHEAST ASIA PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION (SEA-PHN) CONFERENCE

RNI 2005 was revised with the involvement of multi agencies, universities, professional bodies and
institutions. The revision of RNI was one of the main activities under the Facilitating Strategy in National
Plan of Action for Malaysia, 2016 – 2025, which is to provide standard nutrition guidelines for various
target groups.

The revised RNI, RNI 2017 was launched by the Minister of Health on 15 May 2017 at the Opening
Ceremony of 1st Southeast Asia Public Health Nutrition (SEA-PHN) Conference (Image 26). It was
later uploaded to www.nutrition.gov.my and can be downloaded for latest reference.

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