Traditionally, the 16th national conference in a row on "Nutrition and Health" with international participation was held in the spa house Beethoven in Teplice on 18 - 19 September, 2012. The Teplice conference is the largest home conference focused on nutrition hygiene and primary prevention referred to a food intake. This year 40 specialists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia participated there. Specialities were represented mainly by physicians, nutritional therapists and regional hygiene stations workers. The Czech Medical Association, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and the Health Institute located in Ústí nad Labem were in charge of organization of the conference. Within two conference days, 26 special oral presentations were delivered and 16 posters ...