04.09. - 06.09.2023
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5th International Congress Hidden Hunger

Improving Food and Nutrition Security through School Feeding

A diet that does not meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements of a particular age group poses great risks. This is especially relevant for children and adolescents who are growing up and for whom a regular and balanced diet is an important prerequisite for healthy physical and cognitive development. The fact that in all countries worldwide the number of overweight children and adolescents who at the same time suffer from malnutrition (so-called double burden) is steadily increasing should give reason to intensify the search for causes and solutions.

Daycare and school nutrition play a special role with regard to hidden hunger. The expansion of all-day care in daycare centers and schools offers health-promoting and sustainable catering for children and adolescents to enable them to cope with the demands of the day in a physically fit, alert and focused manner. Many countries around the world are now focusing on comprehensive all-day care for children and adolescents. Daycare and school catering has increasingly become an important component of health-promoting development (physical, mental and social). It offers the unique opportunity to strengthen social participation while taking into account the needs of children and adolescents and to promote sustainability and the acquisition of competencies in the same way when linking the catering offer with practical nutrition education.

The goal of the congress is to present the entire breadth of the topic of daycare and school catering on an international level and to shed light on measures for the nutritional security of children. The further development of effective care and catering programs will be the subject of lectures, panel discussions and workshops. The question will be explored as to the different requirements and possibilities with regard to social, ecological, economic and political framework conditions and how these can be implemented in a sustainable manner. On the basis of various approaches in different countries, strategies can be identified that may be transferable to other countries.

The focus of the three-day congress is to promote dialogue between scientists, researchers, policy makers and representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, the general public and the private sector, as well as other stakeholders and interested parties.

The organizers in cooperation with the Department of Community Catering and Quality Assurance of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) cordially invite you!

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 30, 2023
Registration is open now!

Scholarship program
A typical feature of the event series “Congress Hidden Hunger” is the scholarship program associated with each of the congresses. This means that needy students, researcher and experts from low-income countries have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend the congress. The fellows have the task of supplementing the congresses with a scientific presentation of their research projects, ideas on cooperation and the implementation of various measures in the fight against global hunger related to the congress topic. As a central concern, along with all other participants of the congress, they are invited to present and discuss the concrete objectives of such measures and the possibilities of their on-site implementation.
One scholarship covers the participation in the three congress days (incl. coffee breaks and lunch), the social dinner reception ("Come Together") in the evening of the first congress day (Monday, September 4, 2023), the program booklet and a badge as well as the travel to Stuttgart and back and accommodation for a maximum of 3-4 nights.

More information!

Early Bird Tickets (permanent*): Registration by June 30, 2023

Standard 225.00 EUR
DGE Members** 125.00 EUR
VDOE Members** 125.00 EUR
SNFS Members** 100.00 EUR
Students** 75.00 EUR
Students from the University of Hohenheim** Free entrance

Regular Tickets (permanent*): Registration as from June 30, 2023
Standard 275.00 EUR
DGE Members** 175.00 EUR
VDOE Members** 175.00 EUR
SNFS Members** 150.00 EUR
Students** 125.00 EUR
Students from the University of Hohenheim** Free entrance

* Day tickets are not offered
** Validity of membership and students status will be checked. Reduced fees can only be applied after an adequate certificate has been uploaded during the registration process
All congress fees include your participation in all three congress days (incl. coffee breaks and lunch on the second and third congress day), the social dinner reception (“Come Together”) in the evening of the second congress day, program booklet, and badge.

More information on the congress website.