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EFAD Congress abstract submission is open

EFAD Congress 2021 is welcoming abstracts for oral and poster presentation. We will hold interactive e-poster sessions to maximise the opportunity for delegates to present their work and research projects. 

The Scientific Programme Committee will peer-review all abstracts and consider the quality of the abstract in terms of its relevance to the congress theme, research quality, and originality. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism.

Don't delay, the deadline for receipt of abstracts is 15 July.

Roundtable on Sustainability and Agriculture Report

WATCH: Meet the winners of the EFAD - PROMISS High-Protein Meal Competition

This competition was organised by EFAD for the PROMISS dissemination work package and was supported by the European Network of Dietetic Students (ENDietS).

The three winning recipes were:

• in line with PROMISS findings
• sustainable
• adapted to older adults' cost
• made with ingredients available throughout Europe
• easily cooked by older adults

Congratulations to our winners:

? Dorka Krisztina Vajdovich - Fish-chickpea “balls” with beetroot quinoa risotto
? Rossy Paulina Guzmán López - Soy Bolognese with brown rice
? Sena Aydoğdu - Multigrain Rice: Japgok-bap (잡곡밥)

Click here to watch them speak about what motivated them to enter and why they think their recipe is older people-friendly.

An update on what the ESDN for Older Adults Committee has been working on.

Collaboration with European Ageing Network

The European Ageing Network (EAN) has published its guidelines for promoting well-nutrition in older adults care settings. The report is designed to help managers of care organisations across Europe shape the nutritional journey in order to keep their service users healthy and happy for as long as possible.

The mission of the taskforce, composed of EAN members and EFAD representatives from both ESDN Older Adults and ESDN Food Service, was to draft practical guidelines based on literature and practice. Find out more here.

Committee member wins Unsung Hero Clinical Award for work during COVID-19

Dietitian and ESDN Older Adults committee member Elizabeth Archer has won the Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust OSCAR Unsung Hero ‘Outstanding Clinical Practice’ 2020/21 award.

She improved dietary input for inpatients diagnosed with COVID-19 and helped in optimising their recovery. She educated colleagues about the importance of protein in optimising recovery and ensured patients were proactively offered protein supplements. Her work will be presented at the upcoming EFAD conference. Congratulations Elizabeth!

Article spotlight - "Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Malnutrition (Undernutrition) Screening Tools for All Adults"

Malnutrition (undernutrition) screening is a simple process intended to quickly recognise individuals who may have a malnutrition diagnosis. While numerous malnutrition screening tools are in use, their levels of validity, agreement, reliability, and generalisability vary.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reviewed the body of evidence supporting malnutrition screening tools and determined a single tool for identifying adults in all settings who may have malnutrition, regardless of their age or medical history.

Sodium Country Score Card launched

The Sodium Country Score Card was established as part of WHO’s efforts to reduce dietary sodium intake. It will track each country's performance on a continuous basis and will continue to be enhanced with additional features including population sodium intake. 

Find out more and access the tool here.

Events and webinars

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A successful European Public Health Week!

EFAD was the official partner of the Thursday theme of the European Public Health Week, All for One Health, on 20 May. 

In total, 340 attended the webinar co-organised with EUPHA on Sustainable and nutritious diets for healthier populations.

Annemieke van Ginkel-Res, EFAD's Honorary President, said: “The European Public Health Week gives European dietitians the opportunity to join forces for One Health, to help and lead European consumers toward healthier and more sustainable diets. Every European citizen should have the right to have access to sustainable nutritional and dietary advice during their lives.”

PROMISS: Strategies for stakeholders

The PROMISS strategies for different stakeholders are now available. The documents, which are available in multiple languages, include a leaflet for dietitians, a brochure for older people, a protein table and much more.

Click here to see the different categories available.

White paper on impact of cancer-related comorbidities published

As part of European Week Against Cancer, which took place last week, a white paper has been published on the impact of cancer-related comorbidities on patient treatment, treatment efficacy, survivorship and quality of life.

Research shows that most cancer patients, even up to almost 90% depending on the cancer type and age, report at least one comorbid condition.

Read it on our website - or access the summary - here.

Practical guide for COVID-19 nutrition available

The German Association of Dietitians has released a practical guide for nutrition in different states of COVID-19 which you can access in German on our website here.

Could you be the new Executive Director?

EFAD is searching for an Executive Director with a passionate Voice for European Dietetics!

Click here to download the job description and find out how you can apply. The deadline is 14 June.

Registration for EFAD Congress 2021 is open

The EFAD Congress 2021 will take place virtually on 26 - 30 October 2021. It will be a five-day journey through European Dietetics with host countries Ireland, Sweden, Israel and Croatia.

Get involved on social: use hashtag #EFADCongress21.

An update on what the ESDN Gastroenterology Committee has been working on.

• The committee met in January to discuss the work plan.
• Christina Katsagoni wrote two knowledge transfers in the Kompass Nutrition and Dietetics Journal: “Challenges in Clinical Nutrition during the COVID-19 Pandemic” and “Malnutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: What do we know today?” She was also a member of the Advisory board of the EFAD Health Through Gut Programme.
• Paula Crespo participated in the webinar “Women and coeliac: unveiling the role of women” organized by the Association of European Coeliac Societies for International Coeliac Day.
• We are holding a webinar about liver cirrhosis nutritional assessment on 9 June (find out more in the Events section). Two more webinars will follow later this year.
• Our committee is developing a survey for gastroenterology dietitians to understand how European dietitians work in their daily practice.
• ESDN Gastroenterology will take part in the 13th EFAD Congress Scientific Programme Committee.

Organised by the British Dietetic Association, Dietitians Week 2021 will be taking place from 7 - 11 June 2021.

The week will be a fantastic celebration of dietitians, dietetic support workers and students. Find out more about the week's events here.

Missed OPEN's ECO 2021 panel debate?

In connection with the European Congress on Obesity 2021, OPEN hosted a virtual Symposium on 10 May entitled Going beyond primary prevention: Building resilient policy frameworks for obesity.

Find out more about the debate, including access to the recording and Twitter thread here.

New name and identity for Dutch Association of Dietitians

As of 1 June, the Dutch Association of Dietitians will now use its full name instead of the abbreviation NVD.

Their new logo is designed to portray collaboration, signifying 'connecting the dots' and establishing a connection. The association says this will reflect how it works in practice: careful, with quality, and putting the finishing touches.

Calling all universities!

Did you know, Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition: PEN ® offers site licences to education institutes, hospitals and departments? Each site license provides up to 30 members with access to the PEN system at no additional cost.

The price of a site license will be reduced on 1 July from £1,950 to £1,615. Want to try PEN before purchasing a license? You can sign up for a free trial here.

Have you used the Food Systems Summit Dialogues?

The Food Systems Summit Dialogues enable a standardised approach for the convening, curation and facilitation of purposeful and organised events that encourage a broad and diverse range of stakeholders to come together and share their experiences of food systems. 

EFAD was represented by Executive Director Judith Liddell in a EUFIC Dialogue on sustainable food systems earlier this year, which you can check out here.

Find out more and access all the Dialogues here.

Public consultation open on the Draft WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety

Last year, WHO Member States requested an update to the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety to address current and emerging challenges, incorporate new technologies and include innovative approaches for strengthening food safety systems.

WHO is launching a public consultation to reach organisations, research institutions, and interested citizens and stakeholders from all over the world to ensure that the content of the strategy reflects the experience, needs and aspirations of the international community.

Inputs collected during the public consultation will be taken into account in the revision of the strategy. Find out more here.

How the Mediterranean can eat its way to a healthier water footprint

A new paper published in the journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling shows that people in Mediterranean countries can reduce their water footprint by shifting to a healthy Mediterranean or EAT-Lancet diet. Find out more.

The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025 is a commitment by United Nations Member States to undertake 10 years of sustained and coherent implementation of policies, programmes and increased investments to eliminate malnutrition in all its forms, everywhere, leaving no one behind.

FAO is inviting the public and stakeholders to get involved to shape priority actions on nutrition for the next five years.

Find out more about how you can have your say, via an online consultation and a short online survey, here.

If you're attending a webinar or event that our members would love to hear about, let us know!

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3 June
7pm CEST
EFAD-EMF Webinar: "Health effects of dairy foods: new insights based on the food matrix concept"

Free webinar co-hosted by EFAD and The European Milk Forum.

Register for free here.

4 June
8am - 1pm CEST
The European Fresh Produce Association Annual Event

The 2021 Freshfel Europe Annual Event will provide detailed insights into opportunities for the sector to lead the way for a healthy and sustainable future for Europe and beyond, starting with the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021.

Find out more and register for free here.

8 June
4pm CEST
COVID Recovery: Why investments in nutrition cannot wait? - WHO Food Systems Summit Dialogues: Health Talks

Join the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium for this session discussing the impact of the pandemic and the urgency to prioritise nutrition in COVID-19 recovery policy.

The webinar will share response planning solutions that are ripe for investment.

Register here.

9 June
7pm CEST
ESDN Gastroenterology webinar: "Nutritional assessment and intervention in patients with liver cirrhosis"

Nutritional assessment is essential in liver cirrhotic patients. However, most of the common nutritional screening and nutritional assessment methods are unreliable in patients, since the nature and the complications of the disease negatively affect the sensitivity of these methods. 

The available methods that can be applied will be discussed and we will further explore ways to tailor the nutritional intervention to each patient’s needs, considering the heterogeneity of this disease. 

Speakers: Alexandra Georgiou, MSC PhD and Lea Franziska.

Sign up for free now.

9 - 11 June
NUTRICON 2021 Congress, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia

NUTRICON 2021 will bring together the scientific and expert work of food professionals to gain comprehensive insight and understanding of today's food quality, safety, health and nutrition issues.

Register here.

11 June
12pm CEST
ELLLC Webinar: "An introduction to Salutogenesis - how to apply salutogenic principles in your dietetic practice"

The salutogenic approach to healthy eating is the origin of the positive approach to health.

It is a holistic orientation towards food and eating. It focuses on how to do things, not to know facts.

After a short introduction to salutogenesis, two cases of salutogenic intervention design will be discussed.

Register for free here.

25 June
2pm CEST
PROMISS final conference

The conference will provide the opportunity to learn more about the importance of protein for older people, the PROMISS findings and evidence-based recommendations developed in the project.

View the programme and register for free here.

25 June
World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) 2021 Conference

“Fresh food distribution in the post-COVID-19 world: Challenges, opportunities and pathways to ensure resilient and sustainable food systems and access to healthy diets”

WUWM is organising this conference to exchange, debate and propose innovative and effective ways to recover from the adverse effects of the COVID crisis. During this one-day conference, high ranked experts will exchange their experiences during the pandemic, debate on lessons learned and propose innovative solutions to address the sector’s most pressing challenges.

Find out more and register here.

25 - 26 June
Digital conference: Better nutrition for life: for now and generations to come

To celebrate FrieslandCampina Institute’s 20th anniversary this year, international speakers will share their expertise on topics like the impact of nutrition on child and maternal health, healthy ageing, and the role of protein within a healthy and sustainable diet.

Find the programme and sign up here.

5 - 16 July
Online Summer School on Dairy Nutrition and Health

Are you interested in engaging with experts who have both scientific knowledge and practical experience in the world of dairy? Do you want to know more about dairy products, in relation to the current interest in plant-based diets? Are you eager to learn how processing affects nutrient values of dairy products? Interested in translating dairy science into relevant practice? Then this interactive Summer School on dairy nutrition and health is the right programme for you.

Find out more and register here by 15 June.

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


 

The theme of the congress is Back to the Future: Nutrition Last Decades - covering:

• the lessons learned from 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
• many other topics in the spectrum of nutrition and food. 

All EFAD members can take advantage of special registration conditions - click here to find out more.

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Registration for EFAD Congress 2021 is open

 
The EFAD Congress 2021 will take place virtually on 26 - 30 October 2021. It will be a five-day journey through European Dietetics.

Congress attendees will get to travel to the four corners of Europe through our virtual host countries – Ireland, Sweden, Israel and Croatia. On the final day, attendees will travel back to the heart of European Dietetics with an EFAD-hosted day.

Look at the preliminary programme and register today!

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