Given the importance of this subject it was selected,
for a practical and theoretical analysis, by the Task Force
on Clinical Nutrition of the International Life Sciences
Institute in Brasil (ILSI Brasil). It is the purpose of such
institution to discuss solutions for technical and scientific
problems relevant to the population as a whole, integrating
industries, government, universities and research
institutes, within the context of the rights of each patient
to receive optimal nutritional care at all times, and the
responsibility of the society and specialized health organizations
to provide high quality nutrients, in order to
foster health and correct malnutrition.