The congress with about 730 participants organized by the German Nutrition Society (DGE) took place from March 2nd to 4th 2016 in Fulda. Within a session on competence clusters in nutrition research cluster speaker Prof. Nöthlings gave an overview of the aims, thematic areas and profile of our regional network DietBB. In addition to DietBB the three other competence clusters of nutrition research promoted by the Federal Ministry of education and research (BMBF) were presented through their speakers. About 60 persons attended this session and discussed the topics.