HEALTH Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai was recently conferred honorary member of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia.

The societys president Dr Tee E. Siong said Liow was recognised as an honorary member of the society because of his many years of contributions to the field of nutrition.

Liow received the membership certificate from Dr Tee during the launch of Nutrition Month Malaysia and NutriFun Land Carnival recently.

Id like to thank the society for conferring the honorary membership to me, said Liow, adding that it was meaningful to him as he himself was a nutritionist.

Dr Tee said Liow had helped establish the Health Ministrys Nutrition division in 2009 and increased the number of nutritionists to the current 300.

Liow also launched the National Strategic Plan for non-communicable disease (2010-2014) to strengthen the cardiovascular and diabetes prevention and control programme and to combat obesity as the main risk factor, he said.

As part of Liows plans, 300 nutritionists were placed at the clinic level for a four-year period from Aug 14, 2009 to guide patients on good nutrition.

He also made extensive revisions to the 1999 edition of the Malaysian Dietary Guidelines, said Dr Tee.

The publication of the 2010 guideline is timely in view of the Governments effort to ensure that all Malaysians have adequate access to practical and accurate information on nutrition and health, he said.

Liows other contributions included supporting the implementation of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition of Malaysia, (2006-2015), the drive for infant and young child feeding, especially breastfeeding and spearheading the Food Basket Programme which focused on the rehabilitation for malnourished children in the country, he said.

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