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LAURENTIN, Alexander  e  SIFONTES, Yaritza. The Third Symposium on Nutrition Food security in Venezuela, celebrating the centenary of Dr. Werner Günter Jaffe (1914 - 2009). An Venez Nutr [online]. 2015, vol.28, n.1, pp.043-047. ISSN 0798-0752.

Food security in Venezuela” was the central theme of the third symposium on nutrition organized by the Working Group on Nutrition Transition of the Bengoa Foundation for Food and Nutrition. It was held in the Sixth Research Conference of the Institute of Experimental Biology (UCV) and the 64th AsoVAC Annual Convention, and framed in the celebrations of the 2014 International Year of Family Farming and the centenary of the German-Venezuelan Werner G. Jaffe, one of the pioneers of nutritional biochemistry in Venezuela with international stature. Six experts gathered to speak on equal number of themes: the important contribution of this famous biochemist to the Venezuelan science; emerging approaches in understanding food security; the voices of food insecurity and hunger in the country; the importance of folic acid fortification in Venezuela; subsidy programs of foods - nourishment or dependency?; and food, memory and co-existence from a socio-anthropological point of view. Three issues were highlighted from the legacy of Dr Jaffe: the issue of protein complementation, the use of the instant drink “Lactovisoy” in food programs for the children, and the urgent task of searching for a well consumed food to be fortified with folic acid, to target Venezuelan women, especially adolescents. An Venez Nutr 2015; 28(1): 43-47.

Palavras-chave : Werner Jaffe; food security; food; nutrition; folic acid.

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