Partners And Collaborators
Hydration plays a critical role in health, wellness and performance and is therefore of interest to many diverse groups and organisations. The EHI is supported by trustees, partners and collaborators who share a mutual desire to better understand hydration science and the way adequate hydration affects health, wellness and performance.
Partnership or collaboration with the EHI offers a great opportunity to share common interests and enables participation in joint actions. Partnerships may be undertaken in a number ways and partners may be fully represented on the board of trustees, may simply support the ethos of the EHI by agreeing to promote its work or may collaborate with the EHI to undertake a specific project or activity.
Founding partners include the following:
- Nutrition Foundation of Italy.
- Nutrition Research Foundation of Spain (Fundación Española de Investigación Nutricional).
- The Coca-Cola Company.
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
Founding partners:
Nutrition Foundation of Italy
The Nutrition Foundation of Italy is a non profit association established in December 1976 whose objectives and activities are to contribute to the growth of scientific research, to exchange information on food and nutrition, and to promote inter-disciplinary studies in this field. The specific objectives of the NFI are the following:
- to provide correct information and dietary education for all the participants in the system, namely food and healthcare researchers and operators (from doctors to pharmacists, biochemists, other healthcare providers), opinion leaders and opinion makers (such as the media) and of course the ultimate consumer – the public;
- to provide the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries with scientific advice in the fields of biology, nutrition, toxicology, and technology;
- to create institutional relations and interactions, among the food and beverage industries, the European Union and the Italian government and administrative bodies.
More information at www.nutrition-foundation.it
Nutrition Research Foundation of Spain
The Nutrition Research Foundation (FIN) is a private, independent, non-profit Foundation established in 1997 in Barcelona, whose mission is to promote, disseminate and develop research aimed at increasing knowledge in the field of food, nutrition and dietetics, with the objective of improving the health of the general population. It has a local scope both in Catalonia and the Spanish and international level and has its headquarters in the Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, with delegations in Bilbao, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid, Spain.
FIN carries out research projects in the field of nutritional epidemiology in healthy populations, nutrition related diseases, and the analysis of dietary and nutritional factors involved in the causality of the most prevalent diseases, with special reference to Mediterranean Diet. Its activities also include projects in the areas of developing food composition databases, nutritional policies and the development of food based dietary guidelines. FIN also conducts different regional, national and international population based studies.
More information at www.finut.org
The Coca-Cola Company
In 1886, Coca-Cola® brought refreshment to patrons of a small Atlanta pharmacy. Now well into its second century, the Company owns more than 500 brands which are enjoyed in more than 200 countries. Innovation and solid science are the foundation of everything the company does, from the development of new sparkling beverages, juices, waters, sports drinks, energy drinks, coffees and teas, to the environmentally-friendly packaging and refrigeration Eliminado: z equipment and the new (and the world's largest) plastic-bottle-to-bottle recycling plant and other actions to support recycling in the U.S.
The Coca-Cola Company is committed to advancing scientific knowledge, awareness and understanding of beverages, and recognises the importance of an active, healthy and balanced lifestyle. Initiatives like the “Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness” are part of this commitment, serving as a valued resource for health professionals and others worldwide on the science, safety and benefits of beverages and their ingredients, as well as the importance of diet, nutrition and physical activity to health and wellbeing.
The Coca-Cola Company is also committed to local markets, paying attention to what people from different cultures and backgrounds like to drink, and where and how they want to drink it. With its bottling partners, the Company reaches out to the local communities it serves, believing that Coca-Cola exists to benefit and refresh everyone it touches.
The Coca-Cola Company has been instrumental in supporting the establishment of the EHI. It is providing funding to the EHI as part of its commitment to a better scientific understanding of human hydration and related societal issues.
More information at www.thecoca-colacompany.com
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) was founded during the 1989-1990 academic year in the wake of repeated calls from all sectors of the society of Gran Canaria for a university in their islands.
The geographical location of the Canary Islands enables the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to share scientific projects and collaborate with universities and research centres all over the world. The ULPGC has it own Scientific and Technology Park, 8 research institutes and centres and over 130 research groups with around 1000 researchers working across all fields of knowledge.
The ULPGC was evaluated in 2005 by the European University Association (EUA) whose findings indicated that “the progress of the ULPGC has been remarkable”. They considered the University’s main strengths to be: Its facilities, the qualification of the teaching and research staff, the development of the Information Technology, in which the ULPGC was “one of the best Spanish universities”, and the implementation of a quality system program.
Recently, the international committee charged with evaluating the 22 projects proposed by 39 universities has awarded the Tri-Continental Atlantic Campus presented, jointly, by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of La Laguna, the title of “Regional European Campus of International Excellence (CEIR-2010)”.
More information at www.ulpgc.es
