Fortnightly EFAD Newsflash April2

Help us develop the new EFAD Education Hub

EFAD is excited to announce that it is currently developing an online Education Hub that will be an incredibly useful resource for members across Europe. 

We want to make sure the courses are extremely useful to you, based on your educational needs - so please help us by filling in three short surveys on different topics to shape the direction of the Hub.

? Health through Gut Survey

? Sustainable Dietary Patterns

? Digital Nutrition Communication

Click here to find out more about the surveys and the Education Hub.

Save the date: EFAD Congress 2021

The EFAD Congress is set to take place virtually this year between 26 - 30 October. The congress theme is The Vital Link To Health and we will be exploring all aspects of this over five vibrant virtual days.

Registration now open for EFAD's European Public Health Week event

The European Public Health Week is an initiative by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), supported by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

On Thursday 20 May at 10am CEST, EFAD is joining forces with EUPHA for healthier populations by kicking off the All for One Health theme.

Free registration for the event is available here.

EFAD European Dietetic Fellowship Award open for nominations

Don't forget, entries are open - click here to find out how you can nominate a fellow dietitian.

The high protein meal recipe competition is underway!

In collaboration with PROMISS, the high protein meal recipe competition is now open to dietitians, nutritionists and students.

German translation of the EFAD Revised Academic Standards now available

Find the translation, undertaken by The German Association of Dietitians (VDD) on our website here.

We are a group of dietitians and nutritionists across Europe and Israel working and/or teaching in the area of Food Service. Currently, colleagues from Austria, Israel, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey are members.

Food Service refers to many issues like food safety, balanced meals, health promotion and disease prevention. Furthermore, dietitians have an important contribution and influence on food service including social, cultural, economic, environmental and marketing considerations as well. This is challenging and exchanging our experiences with each other may lead to new findings and improved nutritional care.

Our next goal is a survey dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on Food Service in organisations and in medical institutions in Europe and Israel. The questionnaire has received ethical approval, is in the pre-testing phase and will be disseminated later this spring. Findings will be published and discussed within the scope of EFAD Congress.

Interested in joining and working in ESDN Food Service? Whenever an EFAD call for ESDN Food Service Committee Membership is open we encourage you to apply. We did - and we enjoy meeting and working on Food Service matters!

Pictured (left to right, top to bottom): Ada Rocha, PhD (Portugal); Agneta Hörnell, PhD (Sweden); Derya Dikmen, PhD (Turkey); Cláudia Viegas, PhD (Portugal); Klaus Nigl, M.A. (Austria) - lead; Orit Yona, MSc., PhD student (Israel); Tuğçe Nur Balcı, MSc., PhD student (Turkey).

Article spotlight: Positive Influence of Probiotics on the Gut-Skin Axis

There is a growing interest in natural products as alternatives to synthetic drugs. This knowledge transfer discusses how probiotic supplementation could influence inflammatory skin disorders and how more research must be done to explore this.

Read the article for free here.

In the next ENDietS Talks, joint presidents Stella Miric and Marianna Kalliostra are sharing ENDietS' vision, mission and next goals.

19 National Key Contacts from 11 European countries were present at the ENDietS National Key Contacts' General Meeting that took place yesterday. The event was co-ordinated by Promotion & Recruitment Anchor Ezgi Kolay and National Key Contacts Anchors Merve Guney and Emma Verstraelen.

What was the meeting's outcome and what are the next promotional strategy steps? Find out exclusively in the ENDietS monthly newsletter, coming out on 1 May.

Missed the webinar on 'Early dietary intervention: Managing food allergy'?

This webinar, which was jointly organised by FrieslandCampina Institute and the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association (SNDA) for nutrition and health professionals, is available to re-watch here.

Lifestyle has bigger impact on cancer risk than previously thought

A new study of the UK population funded by World Cancer Research Fund found that two of the most common forms of cancer, colorectal and breast, are more preventable than previous research studies have shown. 

Read the full study here.

New EU platform provides digital tools to aid active and healthy lifestyles

Active and Healthy Living in the Digital World is an EU forum engaged in discussion, exchange and dissemination of innovations, policies and challenges related to active and healthy living and aging with digital tools.

Find out more here.

A Manifesto for Change: Childhood Obesity

This manifesto from The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and The European Childhood Obesity Group explores the impact of childhood obesity and its complex causes, and calls for action from policymakers and healthcare providers to help deliver effective prevention strategies, treatments, and care.

Find out more.

Submit your gastroenterology 
abstracts for UEG Week Virtual

United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week has become a premier world meeting offering a platform to present clinical and basic gastrointestinal and liver research.

If you want to share your science with the worldwide GI community, UEG Week Virtual is the platform for you. Find out more here. The deadline is 30 April.

BNF Drummond Early Career Scientist Award 2021 open for submissions

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.

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

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27 April
7pm CEST
EFAD/ PROMISS Webinar -
Practical implications on daily protein intake in older adults

The programme is detailed above.

Register for free here.

17 - 21 May
European Public Health Week (EUPHW)

The EUPHW aims to make the case for public health and a more inclusive society across Europe, raise awareness on specific public health themes and create trust and innovative ways of collaboration among all professionals contributing to public health at local, national, regional and European level.

In each of the upcoming Newsflashes we will be revealing a theme for each of the five days, so you can prepare to get involved.

Thursday, 20 May - All for one health in collaboration with EFAD

"Animals, plants and humans share the same eco-system, which requires multiple sectors to work together. How can the public health community collaborate to achieve one health?"

31 May
7pm CEST
31st ENDietS Webinar: "Psyllium fibre: health impact and future application" 


 

Psyllium is nowadays well known as a readily available food supplement in the form of psyllium husks.

This webinar will go through psyllium health benefits and its ready-to-use application, and shed a light on these interesting fibres, which have a unique structure, presenting an interesting research topic.

Speaker: ENDietS Social Media anchor Lucija Štrkalj

Register for free here.

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