Conference Objective

This international conference has been held once every four years last 30 years. The theme for each International Conference on Nutrition and Aging is new scientific topics related to nutrition and health in the world's first super-aged society. Scientists from around the world present lectures, and participate in discussions about cutting edge science and technology. According to the "Extension of healthy life expectancy and reduction of health disparities" proposed in the "A Basic Direction for Comprehensive Implementation of National Health Promotion" report from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare released in 2012 and the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015, this 8th conference will focus on how Japan, which is the first country to become a super-aged society, aims to utilize knowledge from the field of nutrition and aging to realize "Extension of healthy life expectancy" while also considering all Asia and how this can be used to benefit all countries. With the theme of "Future of Healthcare by Precision Nutrition", new research and implementation of new promising technologies and data science such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data (Bioinformatics) targeting diet, nutrition and exercise essential for human well-being will open up the future of our health.