The Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) is a non-profit association, established in 1979 as an umbrella organization for the national nutrition societies of Europe.

The aims of FENS are the combination of efforts for the development of research and education in Nutrition Sciences and the promotion of the importance of Nutrition for public health in Europe.

It seeks to do this by coordinating the European nutrition societies at a European level, promoting and disseminating research and knowledge on nutrition sciences and facilitating nutrition learning and training, as well as scientific exchange across Europe.

[2] The Federation of European Nutrition Societies is a member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)[3] and holds Affiliated Body status.

The official FENS Journal is the “Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism”[4] (IF 2022/2023: 5.923).