The International Movement and Nutrition Society and the prevention of disease

oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1The International Movement and Nutrition Society (IMNS) was founded in Regensburg, Germany in May 2014. The society is a nonprofit association of scientists, clinicians, healthcare professionals and laypersons interested in the importance of lifestyle factors, such as physical activity and nutrition, in health and disease. The mission and major goals of the IMNS include promoting public awareness and debate, disseminating knowledge, supporting the exchange of information between scholars and the public, providing educational programs, initiating research projects and developing policies. The IMNS organised International Conferences on Movement and Nutrition in Health and Disease in June 2015, July 2016 and June 2017. Furthermore, the scientific open-access journal Movement and Nutrition in Health and Disease was established in March 2017 (Publisher: Regensburg University Press)