<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,<br><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font>application for creation new, non geographic-based</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font><span class=""> (Special Interest<em>)</em></span> ISOC Chapter-Chapter of Food, I found very interesting</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font><span class=""><strong></strong></span>. <br>Issues of food security, food waste management, food quality transparency, health & food </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font>connections </font></span>and</font></span><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font> food environments</font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font> are and should be one of the key issues of our existence as humans on Earth and they show our care and good intention not just for our health, but also for health of other beings and health of Earth itself as a Planet. By definiton of Committee on World Food Security (three Rome-based UN Agencies: <u><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span></u></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank" class="">The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)</a>, <a href="http://www.ifad.org/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) </a>and </span><a href="http://www.wfp.org/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">The World Food Programme (WFP))</span>:</span> </a></span><b>"Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical,
social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that
meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy
life". </b>And from the core begining of movement for free internet, innovations and openness of internet, there are strong and bold connection </font></span><font>between those two. There is also onother issue which consider healthy use of internet in connection with sliping patterns and junk food advertisement on internet </font>:<font><span></span></font><span style="font-weight:normal"></span>"Media clearly play an important role in the current epidemic of
childhood and adolescent obesity. The sheer number of advertisements
that children and adolescents see for junk food and
fast food have an effect. So, too, does the shift away from good
nutritional
practices that increased media screen time seems to
create. Any success in dealing with the current epidemic will require
a major change in society's recognition of media
exposure as a major risk factor for obesity and in young people's media
habits
and the advertisements to which they are "TV and other media are known to displace or disturb young people's sleep patterns. A longitudinal study of adolescents in New York found that viewing 3 or more hours/day of TV/Internet doubled the risk of difficulty
falling asleep compared with adolescents who watch less than 1 hour/day. There is also now evidence that later bedtimes and less sleep may be associated with a greater risk of obesity.<sup><span></span><span></span></sup> The mechanism may be that sleep loss leads to increased snacking and consumption of less healthy foods to maintain energy, that sleep deprivation leads to fatigue and therefore greater sedentary behavior, or that children who do not get enough sleep have metabolic changes as well"*.<font> <br></font></div><div><font>In my conclusion statement, <b><u>I gave my strongly support </u></b>to establishment of special ISOC "Chapter of Food" which can/will also deal with healthy Internet use, healthy food advocacy and ecology/environment/sustainability awareness advocacy issues in connection with use of internet.<br></font></div><div><font>About some concernings of incomplatibles of that issue and ISOC agenda I will just quote:<br></font></div><div>"<strong>By connecting the world, working with others, and advocating for equal access to the Internet, the Internet Society strives to make the world a better place. At the foundation of our work are a vision and a mission. Vision :The Internet is for everyone. Mission :To promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world"</strong>.<br><br></div><div><font>Best regards,<br><br></font></div><div><font>Saso<br></font></div><div><font><br></font><br><font><span class="im">Saso Nozic Serini<br><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><div>Member of the Presidency <a href="http://ISOC.SI" target="_blank">ISOC.SI</a><br>ISOC-SI (President: Prof. Dr. Borka Jerman-Blazic)</div><div>Jamova cesta 39<br></div><div>1000 Ljubljana-SI-EU<br></div><div>tel.: +386 1 4773 756</div></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></span><br><br></font></div><div><font><br><br>*From the American Academy of Pediatrics</font><font><span>
Policy Statement,
</span><span></span></font><font>Children, Adolescents, Obesity, and the Media</font><font>
</font><div><font><span>Council on Communications and Media, </span></font>American Academy of Pediatrics<br>
141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village
</div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font><br></font></span></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font>I </font></span></span><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Joyce Dogniez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogniez@isoc.org" target="_blank">dogniez@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear colleagues,<br>
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The following application for a Chapter on Internet of Food has been<br>
received.<br>
It is being sent to this list for peer comment and review. Please note<br>
that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not been officially recognised<br>
by the Internet Society.<br>
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As this application for a topic based Chapter that would be a little<br>
different from the geography based ones, here is a little explanation of<br>
the concept (an excerpt from the application):<br>
Internet of Food is a concept equivalent to Internet of Things, though<br>
more complex and dynamic and with potentially larger impact on human life.<br>
Yet, the discussion on how we combine the power of the Internet with food<br>
is little explored in spite of its massive potential to affect key areas<br>
such as food security, transparency, health and food waste through<br>
innovation and openness. The proposed chapter on Internet of Food aims at<br>
leading the<br>
discussion regarding this new field and to engage a wide audience in<br>
building better solutions for how to feed the planet in a healthy and<br>
sustainable way.<br>
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If there are people on this list that know any of the individuals<br>
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proposing to establish the Chapter, their feedback is especially welcome.<br>
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The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is April 16,<br>
2015.<br>
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Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Tommi Karttaavi<br>
Manager, Chapter Development - Europe<br>
Internet Society<br>
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