Our ongoing response to COVID-19

EU Food Industry COVID-19 response

The EU food and drink industry is working around the clock to ensure that everybody can continue to access safe, quality and affordable food and drink products during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A number of publications have been published including the industry's actions and activities. Access them here.

COVID-19: What dietitians need to know

In this 2 part webinar series, Dr Emma Ridley discussed the nutritional management of COVID-19 patients who are critically ill. In the second webinar Dr Peter Collins discusses nutritional support for patients with severe respiratory disease: from hospital to home. 

These webinar recordings are available now.

Contribute to the PIE platform

European PRImary care Multi-prOfessional REsearcher network (PRIMORE) started in 2018 and will run for three years using funding from the Norwegian Research Council. 

The overall objectives of the project are:

• Exchange of research in Europe between the different professional groups and levels of care active in primary care
• Development of interprofessional research on the organization of primary care with a focus on young researchers from CEE countries
• Increase of interest and respect for each other’s profession among primary care professionals
• A growing evidence base for Community Oriented Primary Care

As part of this project, the PIE platform has been developed as a way to allow healthcare professionals to share resources. In response to COVID-19, PIE is allowing you to:

• Share your country's experiences with the pandemic within your primary care practices.
• Develop a brief report of what is going on in your country. Each day the European Forum for Primary Care(EFPC) secretariat will edit the text to make it readable for all users. The findings will be presented regularly on the EFPC communication channels.
• Contribute to the EFPC survey on the organisation of Primary Care for COVID-19. THe survey is split into two parts, the process and guidance and the second on experience and observations.

Find out more about PIE. 

Almost half of EFAD members endorse our White Paper

Our white paper 'Sustainable Health Through the Life Span' has been endorsed by almost half of all EFAD members. Along with our paper we also produced an infographic to illustrate the key points of the paper.

Read the paper here.

The importance of Outcomes Management in Dietetics

Our policy paper from our Professional Practice Committee on the importance of outcomes management in dietetics has launched. This paper provides a number of recommendations and online resources to ensure the you can safely record your outcomes.

Read the paper.

Use your EFAD discount

There is still time to use your EFAD discount to get 20% off the Monash University online course 'The FODMAP Diet for IBS'
Discounts for this course have been assigned depending on location. 

• Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, UK - please use the code EFAD20
• Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey - please use the code EFAD2020
• Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden - please use the code EFADMARCH

Register now.

27th ENDietS Webinar

The ENDietS webinar 'Fuelling for the work required: the art and science of carbohydrate periodisation' will take place on 28 May, 7pm (CEST). 

The concept of ensuring high carbohydrate availability before, during and after competition in order to promote performance and recovery is well documented in both science and practice. In this webinar, James Morton, Professor of Exercise Metabolisms at Liverpool John Moores University, will discuss the transition from paper to podium by outlining the translation of science to practice (as practised by Grand Tour winning cyclists) to achieve the nutritional objectives of CHO periodisation.

Register now!

“Cancer care: why nutrition matters”

Optimal Nutritional Care for All have developed an infographic to raise awareness on the burden of malnutrition among cancer patients and call for integration of nutritional care in cancer treatment.

See the infographics.

Contribute to a special edition of Applied Sciences journal

A special issue of the journal of Applied Sciences focusing on "Functional Foods and Human Health" has put out a call for journal submissions.
The submission deadline is 31 October 2020. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. It is also encouraged that authors send a short abstract or tentative title to the Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. in advance.

Find out more and how to apply.

FIT4FOOD2030 webinar series

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe is organizing the ‘FIT4FOOD 2030 webinar series: Towards sustainable food systems through Research and Innovation’. 

The European project FIT4FOOD2030, has organised together with EUFIC and ILSI this free webinar series which aims to advocate responsible research and innovation and system thinking for food system transformation. The goal of this webinar series is to use the FOOD 2030 policy framework and FIT4FOOD2030 project as case studies for using research and innovation (R&I) policy for food system transformation.

Register now to find out when the next webinar will take place.

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