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Would you like to help lead EFAD?

EFAD is looking for enthusiastic dietitian colleagues to become committee members. Applications are open for:

• Research and Evidence Based Practice Committee
• ESDN Diabetes Committee
• ESDN Older Adults Committee
• ESDN Oncology Committee
• ESDN Sport and Physical Activity Committee

The deadline for all applications is 1 October.

Learn about Sustainability this September

This September, EFAD is welcoming you to a series of two webinars on Sustainable and Healthy Diets. 

The first webinar, taking place on 16 September, will introduce the concept and pillars of sustainability as well as the context and challenges of sustainable diets.

The second webinar (29 September) will present the European Farm to Fork strategy and other global initiatives towards more sustainable food systems.

The British Dietetic Association is running a Sustainable September campaign this month - find out more.

Save the date: EFAD General Meeting

Join us online on 22 October for the 32nd EFAD GM. Additional information, as well as an agenda and registration info, will be communicated shortly.

What's happening at this year's Congress?

The congress theme is “The Vital Link To Health” and we will be exploring all aspects of this over five vibrant virtual days. You can view the full programme for each day here.

EFAD hosts two symposia at ICD2021

EFAD held two symposia at the ICD 2021 Virtual Congress last week.

The first, Hydration Resources for dietitians, discussed the development and implementation of the European Healthy Hydration Awareness Campaign (EuHHAC) Hydration Resources for dietitians and nutritionists and updated scientific evidence on hydration.

The second, Advancing Dietetics in Europe through Collaboration, covered working with membership volunteers to achieve association goals, a model for good practice on advocating for nutrition and dietetics, and the dietitian's perspective on the prevention of malnutrition in senior subjects in the EU.

An update on what the committee has been working on:

• The PPC has finished a case study, “A comparison of a patient with diabetes between the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) and its terminology and the Dietetic Care Process (DCP) and its terminology."
• It has been working on communications for the use and adoption of standardised language.
• The committee will hold a webinar in February 2022, involving committee member Jose Tiebie, Sytske Runia and a dietitian working with NCP.
• The committee will start a discussion group on outcomes in dietetics treatment and interdisciplinary treatment in patient care.
• The PPC will be working on a number of projects over the coming months, including a policy paper on cost-effectiveness in dietetics, a mission and vision paper, an update of the supplement to the ICDA's Code of Ethics and a dashboard page on the new EFAD website.

Article spotlight - "Association Between Malnutrition and Sarcopenia During Hospitalisation in Older People: A Challenge in Rehabilitation"

Very little is known about the effect of malnutrition on short-term changes of body composition, particularly muscle, among older hospitalised patients.

This knowledge transfer by Sousana Papadopoulou (Thessaloniki, City) discusses how the combination of limited choices regarding meals and lack of physical activity constitutes a crucial risk factor for sarcopenia.

More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension

The number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the last thirty years, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment and control, led by Imperial College London and WHO. Nearly half of these people did not know they had hypertension.

Find out more.

Encouraging Europeans to choose safe food

The European Food Safety Authority #EUChooseSafeFood campaign aims to raise awareness about the science behind our food and tell the story of the scientists who work to make sure it’s safe. Its overall goal is to encourage citizens to think critically about their everyday food choices.

The campaign is targeting citizens aged 25-45, with an extra focus on women and young parents across Europe and with a particular focus this year on nine EU countries: Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. 

Find out more here.

EFSA Public consultation on sugar consumption study closes this month

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)'s panel on nutrition has completed its provisional assessment of the safety of dietary sugars following a comprehensive scientific review.

Valeriu Curtui, head of EFSA’s Nutrition Unit, said: “This has been a hugely challenging work so far, involving the evaluation of over 30,000 publications. Our experts and staff have made an immense effort to reach this point and applied the highest standards of scientific rigour throughout.”

EFSA will hold a public meeting to discuss the draft opinion on 21 September and a public consultation will run until 30 September. Learn more.

Companies 'must do more' to reduce obesity in Belgium

Belgian food companies have taken steps to help improve obesity rates and promote healthy diets, but they can play a much bigger role than they do now, according to a new report by Belgium's national public health institute, Sciensano.

The report states that one in two Belgian adults are living with overweight or obesity. It highlights what specific food companies are currently doing, or can improve on, in relation to obesity and nutrition. 

Find out more and access the report here.

Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN)

As PAN is growing, we’re currently looking for a Medical Content Executive and a Medical Director to help us make nutrition a core part of healthcare and engage many more health professionals in activities towards healthy and sustainable food environments worldwide.

Both positions are full time and remote. Find out more here.

EU4Health Work Programme 2022: targeted stakeholder consultation outcome webinar
10 September
10am - 1.30pm CET

This half-day webinar will be an opportunity to reflect on the priorities, strategies and needs addressed by the EU4Health annual work programmes, in particular the 2022 EU4Health Work Programme and beyond.

View the agenda here and register for free here by 9 September.

ENHA, MNI and ESPEN Joint Policy Seminar
13 September
11.45am - 1pm CET

The session, Delivering optimal nutritional care for all throughout the cancer journey: what will it take?, is part of the ESPEN Congress 2021.

The session will review the latest evidence regarding:

• the impact of nutritional issues in cancer
• the barriers that patients face in accessing nutritional care across Europe
• what must now be done at European and country level to implement a fully integrated model of nutritional care in cancer, from diagnosis through the disease trajectory

View the full programme and register here.

World Café: Let's talk about childhood obesity
14 September
1pm CET

By 2030, 254 million children could be living with obesity. True and lasting effects to positively impact youth health, including overweight and obesity, will not only need to include young people’s input, perspective, and suggestions; the initiative and leadership of young people themselves needs to be part of the answer.

This event will showcase how the CO-CREATE dialogue forum tool will be used to convene youth and stakeholders to discuss meaningful youth engagement and inclusion.

Find out more about the event and access recordings of earlier events here.

Register for the event on 14 September here.

EFAD Sustainable and Healthy Diets webinars
16 & 29 September

The first webinar, taking place on 16 September, will introduce the concept and pillars of sustainability as well as the context and challenges of sustainable diets.

The second webinar (29 September) will present the European Farm to Fork strategy and other global initiatives towards more sustainable food systems.

Register for free.

XX Congress of Food and Nutrition & II International Congress of Food and Nutrition
23 - 24 September


 

The theme of the congress is Back to the Future: Nutrition Last Decades, to reflect on transversal themes of Nutrition Sciences, such as:

• the lessons learned with COVID-19 in terms of food and nutrition
• the importance of immunity
• the role of food in mood and depression
• the necessary transformation of food systems
• plus many other topics in the spectrum of Nutrition and Food 

Registration closes on 17 September - book your place here.

UEG Week Virtual 2021
3 - 5 October

Organised by United European Gastroenterology, UEG Week presents clinical and basic gastrointestinal and liver research, featuring virtual lecture halls and a live TV studio.

Find out more here.

EASO Masterclass Series
October


 

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) has three training courses available in October:

• Obesity Management Masterclass Series (7, 14 & 21 October)
• Childhood Obesity Management Masterclass Series (11,12 & 13 October)
• Public Health Masterclass Series (11,12 & 13 October)

Up to 40 places are available for each course. Applications are invited from HCPs working in European countries who hold a Master's/PhD degree in a relevant topic and/or have three to five years of relevant practical experience.

Priority will be given to applicants who are members of EASO affiliated National Associations.

Application is free. The deadline is 12 September.

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Which EFAD Congress sessions will you attend?

We have put together an exciting range of expert and dynamic speakers for this year's Congress. The congress theme is “The Vital Link To Health” and we will be exploring all aspects of this over five vibrant virtual days on 26 to 30 October.
 
Immerse yourself in an outstanding virtual experience and discover the attractive registration rates available here.

Join us for Students’ Days 2021 at the EFAD Congress

This year’s theme will be “Dietitians of Tomorrow”. After listening carefully to your feedback last year we decided to complement it further this year, not only by empowering you, but giving you the practical knowledge that every future dietitian should have in their everyday practice.

EFAD-PROMISS high-protein recipe booklet is now available

This recipe booklet was created from entries to the High-Protein Meal for Older Adults Competition which EFAD organised for the PROMISS dissemination work package.

The booklet aims to support dietitians in their everyday practice and inspire the elderly to create healthy high-protein meals.

EFAD Student of the Year Award open for applications

The award has been created to celebrate the highest achieving student during the academic year 2020/21.

If you are or were a BSc or MSc nutrition or dietetics student - and you are a member of a National Dietetic Association or studying at a Higher Education Institution that is a member of EFAD - please apply for the chance to be named EFAD's Student of the Year!

There are great prizes on offer, including a €100 Amazon voucher and free registration to the 13th EFAD Congress.

An update on what the committee has been working on.

2021 has been a very productive year. Thanks to the commitment of members Teresa Rodrigues, Amanda Avery, Elena Carrillo, Begüm Kalyoncu, Claudia Afonso and Manuel Moñino, the group has participated in many European projects and public consultations.

• EFAD became an observer member of the CODEX Alimentarius this year, which we have led on. We have participated in two standards consultations so far: food allergen labelling and follow-up formula.
• Our Nutrient Profile policy fact sheet has been published.
• We moved forward with a fiscal measures policy paper and a guideline to promote healthy snacks based on the nutrient profiling model in collaboration with the ESDN Obesity Committee.
• We are part of the advisory board for Sustainable Dietary Patterns for the upcoming EFAD education platform.
• We wrote an article on "Food Insecurity and Malnutrition" for the Kompass Nutrition & Dietetics journal, which you can read here.
• We led on the European Public Health Week partnership with EUPHA and organised a webinar on "All for one health", with more than 300 attendees, which you can watch back here.
• The FOOD-EPI project we participated in issued its final report.
• We produced a position on the newly launched EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices and a response to the European Commission public consultation on Facilitating healthier food choices – establishing nutrient profiles and front-of-package nutrition labelling.
• We answered two WHO consultations, "Total fat intake for adults and children" and the call to support the European Programme of Work (2020-2025) - “United Action for Better Health in Europe” .
• We also responded to a prioritisation survey for the development of a science-informed guideline on the integrated management of infants and young children obesity.

Find out more about us on the EFAD website here.

Article spotlight - "Detection and Management of Malnutrition in Primary Care"

Once identified, malnutrition can be effectively treated in the majority of cases with dietary advice and the prescription of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) for patients who can eat and drink orally.

However, previous research has reported inadequate screening and treatment of malnutrition in the community.

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore general practitioners’ experiences and opinions on the management of malnutrition and the prescription of ONS in the primary care/community setting in Ireland.

More than half of EU adults are overweight

While 45% of adults living in the EU had a normal weight in 2019, slightly more than half (53%) were considered as overweight (36% pre-obese and 17% obese) and almost 3% as underweight, according to their body mass index.

View the full findings here.

World Obesity Federation shares new features for obesity prevalence maps

There are now downloadable maps available with survey-based prevalence data, obesity-related drivers and comorbidities, comparable estimated prevalence data, and more. Access the maps here.

EU report on children and food marketing published

The final report for the "Study on the exposure of children to linear, non-linear and online marketing of foods high in fat, salt or sugar" is now available.

You can access it here.

WHO: Taking action to prevent noncommunicable diseases

WHO has launched two pilot projects focusing on improving school nutrition policies and interventions in primary health care in selected countries. The projects aim to support the effective implementation of evidence-based interventions and policies for tackling noncommunicable diseases.

Find out more here.

WHO shares new figures on the link between alcohol and cancer

In 2020, more than 740,000 new cases of cancer were associated with alcohol consumption.

A new global study, carried out by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and published by The Lancet Oncology, reveals the risks for heavy and moderate drinking patterns, as well as the most common alcohol-related cancer types.

Read the article here.

What effect has COVID-19 had on maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries?

Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N) research on the COVID-19 crisis and maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality was published in Nature Food last week.

Dr. Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director of Micronutrient Forum and ST4N co-convenor said: "The findings of the research estimate that an unprecedented nutrition crisis is looming, with the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating in many low- and middle-income countries.

"An additional 13.6 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition, and 3.6 million more children may be stunted by 2022. This will have an everlasting impact on their lives, families and countries from one generation to the next.

"Unfortunately, like in any crisis, women and children are disproportionally affected. We have solutions to correct the course and must include them in COVID-19 recovery planning."

Read the article here.

Listen to Health's Kitchen - On Air 

Over the last three years, Austria-based dietitian Lena Gießwein has recorded a number of programmes on nutrition topics as a monthly radio show.

Find out more and listen back to the broadcasts, which are in German, here.

Final call: BNF Drummond Early Career Scientist Award 2021

The award recognises early career nutrition scientists who show great potential to be future leaders in the field. The closing date for applications is 1 August and applications from all countries are welcome.

Find out more here.

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