Following the implementation of the National Food Safety and Nutrition Program, East Azerbaijan Province was selected as one of the two pilot provinces of this program, and the successful performance of the Executive Team of this program in East Azerbaijan, which led to the establishment of important national structures, including the High Council for Health and Food Security. Nutrition was under the supervision of the President, and after the end of this program, in order to maintain the high potential and human and scientific potential created, the Nutrition Science Research Center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences was established. The agreement in principle of this center was approved by the Council for the Development of Medical Sciences Universities on 11/8/2005 and then the final agreement on 4/6/2009.