Editor's note

Demetre Labadarios

Demetre Labadarios Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Abstract

The year’s end is remarkable, for two relevant and notable landmarks in nutrition. The fi rst event is the National Breastfeeding Consultative Meeting, held on 22-23 August, in the presence of the Minister of Health, Deputy Minister of Health, and other top officials in the health and nutrition terrain. In the meeting, the Tshwane declaration of support for breastfeeding in South Africa was launched, and is published in full in this issue of the SAJCN.

Author Biography

Demetre Labadarios, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Prof Labadarios is the Executive Director of the Human Sciences Research Council, Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation Research programme. He is author/co-author of more than 220 scientific publications and has also co-authored the books "Pocket Manual of Clinical Nutrition" and Clinical Nutrition: Early intervention?” He has been awarded the Poliomyelitis Research Prize, the WF Rabe Award for exceptional achievement in Medicine, the F D du Toit van Zijl Research Medallion of the University of Stellenbosch, and the Albert Strating prize for Preventive Medicine of the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Prof Labadarios is an elected Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, Honorary Associate Professor in the University of Crete, Greece, and an elected member of the JM Kinney International Award Committee in Nutrition Research. He is currently elected chairman of the Information Technology for the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa (ITANA), a scientific society, which aims to establish networks among African nutrition professionals. He is the African Editor of "Nutrition: The International Journal of Nutritional Sciences" and serves as a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed journals.