Joint EASO - EFAD Position Statements on Childhood and Adult Medical Nutrition Therapy

EASO and EFAD are pleased to share new position statements on Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) in the management of overweight and obesity in children, adolescents and adults, which were published today in Obesity Facts, the European Journal of Obesity.

 Read the Position Statement on MNT for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

 Read the Position Statement on MNT for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and  Adolescents

Lead author, Maria Hassapidou, provides context for these publications.

"...Now that both papers are published, the committee has discussed with EASO and EFAD the next steps and will proceed to develop practical guidelines for health professionals and guidance for patients living with obesity To this end, the committee is planning to collaborate with societies of health professionals and with patient groups in order to assess their needs (through questionnaires, focus groups etc) before developing practical recommendations."

 Read the full statement and find out more.

EFAD calls for Education Officer & Project Officer positions

EFAD is seeking to recruit:
 An Education Officer to manage the further development of the EFAD Learning Library and,
 A Project Officer to manage a research & education project - the EFAD Breakfast Toolkit development.

 Find out more and apply for the Project Officer position
⏳ Deadline for applications: 22 December 2022

 Find out more and apply for the Education Officer position
⏳ Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023

Extra call for nominations

EFAD is searching for enthusiastic expert colleagues for committee membership in the specialist dietetic networks (ESDNs) of Sport and Physical Activity as well as Primary Care.
⏳ Deadline: January 3rd, 2023

 Find out more and apply.

The EFAD Budapest Resolution presented in WHO Europe

The recently published EFAD Budapest Resolution called upon the WHO not to leave nutritional care behind. 

WHO Europe responded and in November the EFAD Budapest Resolution was presented to Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director, Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Head a.i. WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), and Dr Julianne Williams, Technical Officer, WHO.

WHO Europe expressed their interest in EFAD's work and the contribution of dietitians in the prevention of NCDs, malnutrition and access to nutritional care leaving no one behind. This meeting was followed by an invitation to train the trainer courses, and programmes in preventing childhood obesity and the increasing hunger in children in the WHO European region. 

We are committed to collaborating in these areas and connecting to countries where the workforce is lacking dietitians. 

Every European citizen should have access to nutritional care. 
 

 Read the Budapest Resolution.

EFAD Offices closed for Christmas Holidays ✨

EFAD and its personnel is taking a break for Christmas Holidays from Monday, December 26th.
EFAD Offices will open again on Monday, January 9th.

SO-NUTS project released simple and informative video & infographic on "What is sarcopenia" and "What can you do about it".

The SO-NUTS project, in which EFAD is a key stakeholder, aims to provide essential insights required to develop innovative strategies for preventing obesity, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity taking into account sociodemographic and health-related characteristics.

SO-NUTS recently released a short video and a simple infographic explaining "What is sarcopenia, what causes it and what can you do about it?"

 Find out more.

 Taking Action Locally to Strive for Healthy Food Systems and Environments

Food systems at all levels are experiencing various states of dysfunction and crisis, and in turn, their governance contributes to other intensifying crises, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and the rapid expansion of dietary-related non-communicable diseases... The review sought to identify some of the principal barriers to the design and support of healthy food systems and environments, as well as key reforms that can be adopted to address these barriers, with a focus on the role of local governments.

 Read the knowledge transfer article.
 

The preparation of the Kompass Nutrition and Dietetics issue 1/23 has started

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Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) Implementation Survey – Your Input is Needed

In 2018, global nutrition leaders published a standardized approach to the diagnosis of malnutrition; the GLIM Criteria for the Diagnosis of Malnutrition: A Consensus Report. The GLIM Implementation Working group would like to know your perception of factors that may influence the implementation of the GLIM diagnostic approach in both practice and research. Results from the survey will guide global implementation efforts. Your participation in this survey is voluntary and consent is provided by your participation. Individual responses to the survey will remain anonymous.

 Complete the 10-minute survey.

CGCODN officially recognised by the Ministry of Health as the body to represent Spanish Dietitians - Nutritionists

A final sentence was issued by the High Court of Justice of Valencia and the Spanish Supreme Court in April 2022, through which the constitution of the General Council of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Spain (Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Dietistas-Nutricionistas) was legitimated. Recently, the Spanish dietitians-nutritionists have welcomed the statement of the Ministry of Health of the Spanish Government in which the General Council presided by Mrs Alma Palau has been formally recognised.  
This recent update is a step forward in the united Spanish dietitians-nutritionists workforce. 

 Find out more (in Spanish).

A new WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) report is out

The fifth round of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Survey Surveillance Initiative (COSI) data, which was collected between 2018 and 2020 across 33 countries, has been published. The new COSI report shows that childhood obesity remains a major public health problem in the WHO European Region. The report also gives a full picture of the variations among countries with regard to the prevalence of overweight and obesity, behaviours related to diet and physical activity, and socioeconomic differences.

 Find out more.

New WHO toolkit for tackling misinformation on noncommunicable diseases

Noncommunicable disease-related and health misinformation is a growing concern as more and more individuals obtain their health information from digital venues such as search engines or social media platforms. While increased access to information on health issues can be seen as generally positive, the spread of inaccurate medical information is of course problematic. It can lead to harmful lifestyle or dietary choices, self-medication, the abandonment of medical treatment and incorrect diagnoses.

The WHO collected insights on the spread of inaccurate medical information from key stakeholders - including representatives from Member States, the media and social media sectors, and civil society - in its new toolkit.

 Find out more.

World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF) focuses its global policy on alcohol and cancer

WCRF International marked European Awareness Week for Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH), from Nov 28th - Dec 2nd 2022, which highlighted the range of harms due to alcohol consumption, including increased cancer risk.

 Find out more.

Become a nutritional education volunteer at the Special Olympics 2023 in Berlin

The German Association of Dietitians (VDD) is calling for colleagues from all over Europe - who can speak in German and/or English - who will join in and volunteer in the Health Promotion part at the Special Olympics 2023 in Berlin, coming up this June.

📌 When: 17 - 25 June 2023
⏳ Deadline: January 31st, 2023

 Find out more.

STOP Childhood Obesity: Eight Factsheets have been created in collaboration with the leaders of the STOP research themes 

The goal was to communicate work package research in an accessible and appealing format for the range of STOP beneficiaries.

To aid this goal, research has been summarised and communicated in a lay language format, with relevant images to enhance the impact.
The factsheets mirror the work package research themes and cover:
 measuring childhood obesity, disparities, and geographical variations,
 key determinants of childhood obesity,
 fiscal policies, labelling and marketing restrictions,
 influencing food choices and food environments,
 the role of physical activity,
 interventions in healthcare settings, and
 multi-stakeholder engagement.   

 Find out more.

Webinar on "The latest dietary guidelines for obesity and diabetes management" - Watch on-demand

Last week we held an incredibly insightful webinar on the latest nutritional guidelines for obesity and diabetes management, including the role of sugars and low/no-calorie sweeteners, that the International Sweeteners Association supported.

During this webinar, we heard from our expert speakers, Dr Antonis Vlassopoulos the European Medical Nutrition Therapy guidelines for adults with overweight and obesity and Dr Odysseas Androutsos on the Medical Nutrition Therapy Guidelines for children with overweight and obesity.
These guidelines will be officially launched on December 15th, 2022 and more practical recommendations for everyday practice will follow up.
Last, Dr John Sievenpiper went through the clinical practice versus public health guidelines on non-sugar sweeteners.

Rewatch or watch the webinar on demand.

"30th European Congress on Obesity"
17-20 May 2023
Dublin, Ireland

The Abstract, E-Poster and Symposium suggestion submission system is open.
Deadline: 13th January 2023

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EFAD is seeking to recruit:
 An Education Officer to manage the further development of the EFAD Learning Library and,
 A Project Officer to manage a research & education project - the EFAD Breakfast Toolkit development.

 Find out more and apply for the Project Officer position
⏳ Deadline for applications: 22 December 2022

 Find out more and apply for the Education Officer position
⏳ Deadline for applications: 15 January 2023

Extra call for nominations

EFAD is searching for enthusiastic expert colleagues for committee membership in the specialist dietetic networks (ESDNs) of Sport and Physical Activity as well as Primary Care.
⏳ Deadline: January 3rd, 2023

 Find out more and apply.

Webinar on "The latest dietary guidelines for obesity and diabetes management" - Watch on-demand

Yesterday evening we held an extremely insightful webinar on the latest nutritional guidelines for obesity and diabetes management, including the role of sugars and low/no-calorie sweeteners, that was supported by the International Sweeteners Association.

During this webinar, we heard from our expert speakers, Dr Antonis Vlassopoulos the European Medical Nutrition Therapy guidelines for adults with overweight and obesity and Dr Odysseas Androutsos on the Medical Nutrition Therapy Guidelines for children with overweight and obesity.
These guidelines will be officially launched on December 15th, 2022 and more practical recommendations for everyday practice will follow up.
Last but not least, Dr John Sievenpiper went through the clinical practice versus public health guidelines on non-sugar sweeteners.

Rewatch or watch the webinar on-demand.

The EFAD Budapest Resolution now officially translated in Italian

At the 33rd EFAD General Meeting this past October, the Budapest Resolution was issued and endorsed by 22 EFAD Member National Dietetic Associations.

The Budapest Resolution stresses that everyone has the right to adequate food and to be free from hunger, in line with the International Declaration on the Human Right to Food, and strongly recommends that dietetic care should be an integral part of nutritional care to ensure that no one is left behind. 

Being the pan-European organization for National Dietetic Associations and for Higher Education Institutions that train dietitians, we are able to lead or make significant contributions to European, national and local action plans regarding nutrition and food.

And for that, we are very proud that the Budapest Resolution is now officially translated into Italian by the Italian Scientific Association for Food, Nutrition and Dietetics.

 Read the Italian translation of the Budapest Resolution.

A survey on coffee consumption, conducted by EFAD and supported by the Institute of Scientific Information on Coffee, indicated that coffee is a popular beverage throughout Europe, with dietitians across Europe reporting that the majority of their clients consume coffee regularly. 

The aim of this survey was to:
 Understand the general views of European dietitians in relation to coffee consumption and health
 Understand the attitudes towards coffee consumption and health amongst their patients/clients
 Identify what advice dietitians currently share with their patients/ clients on the role of coffee consumption
 Identify views on the current awareness of emerging evidence into the associations between coffee consumption and non-communicable diseases

We are really happy to announce that 520 survey participants took part in the prize competition and will get a chance to win 500€ for the 14th EFAD conference (fee + travel expenses). Currently, EFAD’s jury is reading all your very inspiring responses to the competition question: “Why would you like to attend the 14th EFAD Conference 2023 and how this experience will help you become a better practitioner?”
We expect to announce the winners in the first months of 2023. Thank you for your huge interest!

 Find out more about the survey results in the report.

Principles for Evidence-Based and Sustainable Food
System Innovations for Healthier Diets

Local, regional, and global food systems are unable to provide consumers with nutritious and affordable diets.

In this review, we underline the critical role of innovation within the food system transformation discourse. We aim to define principles for implementing evidence-based and long-term food system innovations that are economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable and, above all, aimed at improving diets and public health.

 Enjoy reading!
 

The preparation of the Kompass Nutrition and Dietetics issue 1/23 has started

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Become a nutritional education volunteer at the Special Olympics 2023 in Berlin

The German Association of Dietitians (VDD) is calling for colleagues from all over Europe - who can speak in German and/or English - who will join in and volunteer in the Health Promotion part at the Special Olympics 2023 in Berlin, coming up this June.

📌 When: 17 - 25 June 2023
⏳ Deadline: January 31st, 2023

 Find out more.

The EFSA website now available in all 24 EU languages

EFSA is expanding its linguistic diversity by offering its online communications in a further 14 European languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian.
The EFSA website is now available in all 24 official languages of the European Union.

 Find out more.

Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)

While the GLIM framework was developed by the collective leadership of four major clinical nutrition societies (European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism [ESPEN], American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition [ASPEN], Federación Latinoamericana de Terapia Nutricional, Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo [FELANPE], Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia [PENSA]), EFAD actively contributes to the subsequent activities to facilitate and stimulate validation and implementation of the GLIM framework.

 Find more on the GLIM Framework.

"Changing Dietary Behaviour: From individual to collective levers to accelerate the transition to healthy and sustainable diets"
1 December 2022
14:30 - 16:00 CET
Online

The Abstract, E-Poster and Symposium suggestion submission system is open.
Deadline: 13th January 2023

 Register now.

WHO launches Signature Initiative to reduce cardiovascular disease through salt reduction
9 December 2022, 11:00-12:30 CET
Online

The Regional Director for Europe has initiated an NCD Advisory Council for Innovation in Noncommunicable Diseases. This has six Signature Initiatives including the Signature Initiative to reduce inequalities in cardiovascular disease burden and high blood pressure prevalence through improving hypertension control in primary care and implementing salt-reduction strategies. Taking person-centred, facility-based and population-level approaches, the following strategies will be employed by WHO to reduce inequalities in the CVD burden.

 Find out more & register.

"30th European Congress on Obesity"
17-20 May 2023
Dublin, Ireland

The Abstract, E-Poster and Symposium suggestion submission system is open.
Deadline: 13th January 2023

 Find out more and apply.

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World Diabetes Day 

The World Diabetes Day was celebrated this past Monday the 14th of November, 2022.

EFAD joined the call to action from the International Diabetes Federation in this year’s theme: "Education to Protect Tomorrow" highlighting the need for better access to quality diabetes education for healthcare professionals & people living with diabetes.

Find out more today.

Webinar on "The latest dietary guidelines for obesity and diabetes management" - November 30th, 18:00 CET

On the same page as EFAD and in line with the theme and scope of World Diabetes Day 2022, the International Sweeteners Association is actively taking part in the WDD campaign aiming to help increase access to quality “education to protect tomorrow”, by supporting the organisation of two educational online events for healthcare professionals on nutrition and diabetes.

One of them is a joint EFAD-ISA webinar that is taking place on November 30th, 2022, at 18:00 CET and will present the latest nutritional guidelines for obesity and diabetes management, including the role of sugars and low/no-calorie sweeteners.
EFAD's ESDN Obesity is the facilitator of this webinar. More information and a registration link will be available soon.

Stay tuned!

Find out more on the ISA Press Release.

Launch of WHO/Europe BRIEF manual: toolkit on brief interventions in primary care to reduce risks of noncommunicable diseases

Good advice given by a health worker in a clinic can save lives. On 15 November, WHO/Europe launched a new BRIEF manual that explains how brief interventions in primary care can reduce the risks of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which account for 90% of deaths in the WHO European Region.
 
The manual “BRIEF: Integrated brief interventions for noncommunicable disease risk factors in primary care” developed by the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office) is an innovative toolkit for health professionals and decision-makers. The uptake of these interventions in the WHO European Region remains low, and the manual aims to change this situation.
 
The event included a webinar on November 15th 2022 09:30 – 11:00 CET - to launch the manual which is open to all participants over the world and was followed by expert sessions for the Member States and experts.  

Wineke Remijnse, EFAD Executive Director, was on the panel to discuss the role and competencies of different specialists in primary care for brief intervention delivery.

Find out more today.

A successful French-speaking conference was held in Lyon from 27-29 November

The partnership of four French-speaking countries: France, Belgium part, Luxembourg and Switzerland, led to the organisation of a very successful  2,5-day dietetic conference in Lyon, France on 27-29 November 2022. More than 1200 dietitians attended the event on-site. 

EFAD President Annemieke van Ginkel-Res was invited to introduce the four Presidents of the organising National Dietetic Associations and facilitate a roundtable on "The Dietitian’s place in our societies and health care systems. Update on practices and perspectives".

Find out more today.

The new issue was just published.

This issue's main focus is on Sustainable Nutrition.
Don't miss the very interesting review and knowledge-transfer articles on:
 Sustainable Food System Innovations for Healthier Diets,
 Sustainability in Hospital Food Catering,
 Association Between Sustainability and Cancer

 Enjoy reading!
 

A successful Malnutrition Awareness Week was marked

Last week from 7-11 November 2022, the ESPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week was celebrated alongside many activities on a European and National level.

EFAD and the EFAD members joined the initiative by highlighting each day one of the messages and commitments from the recently issued EFAD Budapest Resolution, which stresses that "Every European citizen should have access to safe and appropriate nutritional care provided by dietitians to support a healthier population while leaving no one behind."

 Read more on the Budapest Resolution.

Spanish Dietitian-Nutritionist Day - November 24th

On the 24th of November Spain celebrates the "Dietitian-Nutritionist Day". The General Council of Dietitians-Nutritionists and the Spanish Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics are launching a campaign called “Diet-Etics. For Reliable Nutrition”.

This campaign aims to increase the awareness of dietitians-nutritionists in the use of social media for disseminating information based on scientific evidence, as well as providing the citizens with reliable information, fighting against fake content and avoiding professional intrusion on media.

 Find out more.

Statement by Commissioner Kyriakides on World Diabetes Day

On the occasion of World Diabetes Day, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, made the following statement:

"Diabetes can affect everyone, irrespective of background, age, and gender. Today, one in ten adults, or more than 32 million people, have diabetes in the EU. This is twice as many as a decade ago. Diabetes takes a heavy toll on our societies and our healthcare systems. It increases the risk of developing potentially dangerous cardiovascular diseases. We also know that it increases the risk of serious disease for persons suffering from COVID-19. And it puts a heavy strain on our health budgets, with diabetes accounting for an estimated 9% of EU health expenditure in 2019. As a result, we can and must do more to tackle diabetes. The burden of type 2 diabetes can for example be reduced by interventions that support a healthier lifestyle, such as a healthy diet, physical activity and not smoking. As with our work on cancer, when it comes to non-communicable diseases, prevention is always better than cure. This is why the Commission is already working on actions to better prevent, detect and treat non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, in a more comprehensive way."

 Read the full statement.

2nd International Conference on Nutrition and Healthcare
17 - 18 November 2022
Paris, France (Hybrid Event)

The 2nd International Conference on Nutrition and Healthcare is taking place between the 17-18 of November 2022 in Paris, France, yet also in a hybrid format.

This edition's theme is “Revolutionary Strategies with Innovative researches in Nutrition”.

 Find out more and register.

Alpro Foundation Symposium - The Truth about Plant Protein
17 November 2022
Online 

Dietary guidelines across the world recommend increasing the consumption of plant-based foods and lowering the consumption of animal-based foods both for health benefits and environmental sustainability.

 Find out more and register.

EU Health Security
22-23 November 2022
Online 

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a deep and lasting impact on all those touched by the virus, transforming our societies, healthcare systems and the way we live our lives. The European Commission is bringing experts together for two days to see what we can learn from our reaction to the pandemic and how we can better prepare ourselves for future health threats.

Policymakers, public health experts, healthcare professionals and patient representatives will meet in Luxembourg to shape EU policy going forward and to build a stronger European Health Union together.

 Find out more and register.

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