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  • ESPEN Workshop „Nutrition in IBD patients“

    ESPEN Workshop „Nutrition in IBD patients“

    ESPEN workshop Nutrition in IBD patients held at UHC Zagreb, Croatia From June 12 to 13, 2023, an interdisciplinary international workshop dedicated to the clinical nutrition of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases was held at the University Hospital Center in Zagreb. This two-day international course is led by the clinical nutrition team of UHC Zagreb headed by Prof. Željko Krznarić under the auspices of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN), with the local organization of the Croatian Society of Clinical Nutrition Croatian Medical Association. This is the fifth workshop that has been held continuously since 2019. This year's ESPEN workshop Nutrition in IBD patients gathered 18 participants from 8 countries: Estonia, Lithuania, France, Israel, Poland, Slovenia, Portugal, Croatia. Since the care of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases requires an interdisciplinary approach, both participants and lecturers are from different professions - doctors of different specializations, nutritionists, pharmacists and nurses. The pandemic years have contributed to the digitization of teaching content and the dissemination of this course around the world. However, this year's workshop was also held live and reminded us again of the irreplaceable value of direct contact with patients and colleagues.
    The workshop is designed as a combination of lectures, demonstration exercises, coordinated discussions with a final knowledge check and evaluation. Introductory lectures by Prof. Željko Krznarić and Prof. Uri Kopylov, a prominent expert in the field of inflammatory bowel diseases from Israel, covered the basic facts about the epidemiology, therapy and clinical nutrition of inflammatory bowel diseases along with the presentation of the latest scientific knowledge and personal experiences in this field. Then followed the lecture by Prof. Darija Vranešić Bender on the basic principles of nutrition in inflammatory bowel diseases. The introductory part was followed by a practical presentation of nutritional status assessment modalities in the the polyclinic led by Dina Ljubas Kelečić, M Pharm, PhD, and Irena Karas, M Nutr, and work on indirect calorimetry equipment and bioimpedance scales for measuring resting energy requirements and determining body composition and anthropometric methods was presented. Diagnostics of malnutrition, sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity as well as other forms of nutritional imbalances that we encounter in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases are presented using examples from clinical practice. This was followed by lectures on the basics of enteral and parenteral nutrition, which represent frequent modalities of therapy and nutrition for many patients. The lecture by Dr. Ana Marija Liberati Pršo, endocrinologist from Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh in Zagreb, was devoted to inflammatory bowel diseases in the spectrum of metabolic syndrome, since today up to 40% of these patients present with obesity and numerous cardiometabolic risks.
    The second day of the workshop began in the day hospital of the Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Clinic for Internal Diseases of KBC Zagreb under the leadership of prof. Marko Brinar, where the participants of the workshop had the opportunity to talk with patients suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases who require various modalities of artificial feeding. Then Dina Ljubas Kelečić, M Pharm, Ph D presented an approach to nutritional support based on the example of clinical cases of patients with intestinal failure who require parenteral nutrition. The surgeon's view on treatment and nutritional support was presented by abdominal surgeon Tihomir Kekez, MD, PhD.
    Ana Barišić, MD, PhD presented a topic of how to conduct a clinical study in the field of nutrition with IBD patients. Irena Karas, M Nutr, spoke about the micronutrient replacement therapy, and Prof. Darija Vranesic Bender presented the practical aspects of diet therapy for inflammatory bowel diseases. The last lecture was dedicated to the psychological support of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, given by psychiatrist Prof. Dr.Sc. Milena Skočić Hanžek. At the end of the course, the participants showed an enviable level of new acquired knowledge and evaluated the course as excellent, and they returned to their home countries with ESPEN's certificate of passing the workshop and an incentive to apply the acquired knowledge and experience in their daily work.
     

    The ESPEN Workshop „Nutrition in IBD patients“ was held at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb in Croatia from June 12-13, 2023.

    The course was held in Zagreb, Croatia, at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb. ESPEN covered most of the costs (meals & education & social program & materials & certificate).

    Download the program here.

    If you need more information, please write to: dvranesi@kbc-zagreb.hr

  • ESPEN Workshop „Nutrition in IBD patients“

    ESPEN Workshop „Nutrition in IBD patients“


    ESPEN Workshop „Nutrition in IBD patients“ is now open for your applications. Two-day intensive workshop with lectures, hands-on practices, case presentations, discussions, Q and A and video-tutorials is free for the participants all around the world. We cordially expect you in Zagreb. ESPEN members have priority. Please, register here.

    You can find the program and all the details in this PDF document.

  • ESPEN-ESNM GI dismotility survey

    ESPEN-ESNM GI dismotility survey

      

    We ask your attention for a few minutes to contribute your knowledge on severe gastrointestinal dysmotility in adults.

    GI dysmotility represents a common cause of intestinal failure, but opinions on diagnosis and management differ amongst clinical practitioners in Europe.

    The HAN & CIF Special Interest Group of ESPEN  & Chair of ESNM would appreciate it if you could take the survey by clicking here!

    We are aiming at 200 contributions so please go for it!

    More info attached.

  • EU4Nutrition LIVE

     

    EU4Nutrition LIVE

    15 April, ENHA and the Portuguese ONCA team will host a meeting: EU4Nutrition LIVE - Implementing Optimal Nutritional Cancer care at EU member state level.

    The European Commission adopted its ambitious €4 billion Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The next step is to identify concrete implementation recommendations at EU member state level and to explain how patients and healthcare systems can benefit. To this end, the European Nutrition for Health Alliance (ENHA), through its Portuguese team and under the Portuguese EU Presidency, will host a live digital conference.

    Weblink:

    https://european-nutrition.org/landing-page/eu4nutrition21/

    Social media: #EU4Nutrition

    https://www.facebook.com/ONCAcampaign/posts/1103543053490627

    https://twitter.com/ONCAcampaign/status/1373955149316694018?s=20

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6779722804184002560

  • European Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness Month

    European Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness Month

    Raising awareness of CRC, as well as call for EU and Member State political actions and commitments – such as the implementation of organised CRC screening programmes – to help reduce the burden of CRC across Europe. Please use, share and disseminate any of the below resources to your networks and on social media:

    CRC manifesto – ‘Coordinating European Action Against Colorectal Cancer’. View & download here.

    Face Up To Colorectal Cancer animation. View here.

    Colorectal Screening Across Europe leaflet. View and download here.

    CRC animated GIFs. View and download download here.

    Further information, statistics, infographics and resources on CRC can be viewed on our website. Click here.

  • European Guideline on Obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases – joint ESPEN / UEG guideline

    European Guideline on Obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases – joint ESPEN / UEG guideline

    The online voting for the upcoming “European Guideline on Obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases – joint ESPEN / UEG guideline” coordinated by Stephan C. Bischoff is now available at the guideline services platform. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org.

     

  • European Guideline on Obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases – joint ESPEN/UEG guideline

    European Guideline on Obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases – joint ESPEN/UEG guideline

    The Consensus Conference on the “European Guideline on Obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases – joint ESPEN/UEG guideline” and the “ESPEN Guideline on Clinical Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, both coordinated by Stephan C. Bischoff takes place on Monday, 25th April 2022, (10:30 am – 4:30 pm (CEST)) online via Zoom. For registration (possible until 21st April 2022) please contact the ESPEN guidelines office (guidelines-office@espen.org )

  • GLIM! Global Consensus for Diagnosing Malnutrition.

    GLIM! Global Consensus for Diagnosing Malnutrition.

    Your patient has: Body weight loss, low BMI or loss of Muscle Mass combined with Reduced Food Intake or Inflammation/disease?à Malnutrition positive!

    The nutrition world agrees, now it’s up to you...

    Experts from Europa, America, Asia created an easy way to diagnose malnutrition, an insidious disease undermining one out of three patients and their therapies all over the world. As treatment options exist, health care practitioners can make a difference… and now they have an easy tool to take a first step.

     

  • Global Leadership Initiative

    Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)

    GLIM criteria

    4 years of the GLIM criteria: Where are we? Results of the GLIM survey. Tommy Cederholm

    A Clinically Relevant Diagnosis Code for “Malnutrition in Adults” Is Needed in ICD-11

    A Framework for Diagnosing Adult Malnutrition

    Publications

    GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition – A consensus report from the global clinical nutrition community (PDF)

    Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM): Guidance on validation of the operational criteria for the diagnosis of protein energy malnutrition in adults (PDF)

    Videos

    GLIM Educational Series Part 1: What is GLIM?
    This video provides an overview of GLIM and covers how the criteria were determined. It also reviews in detail each of the 5 criteria that make up the GLIM diagnostic framework, and covers key points on how GLIM is positioned within nutrition care.

    GLIM Educational Series Part 2: Conducting Studies to Validate the GLIM Criteria
    This video is focused on supporting researchers to validate the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria and framework for documenting malnutrition.

    GLIM Educational Series Part 3: Reviewing GLIM Articles
    This video discusses key principles in reviewing GLIM articles for publication. Key points for retrospective and prospective studies are reviewed.

    The GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition. Prof Tommy Cederholm.
    GLIM started in 2016 as an initiative of the 4 big clinical nutrition societies in the world (ESPEN, ASPEN, FELANPE and PENSA) to create a consensus on malnutrition definition.

  • Human Rights International Day 2021

    Press Release

    Human Rights International Day 2021

    Equality in Nutritional Care

    December 10th, 2021

    Today, the International working group for patient´s right to nutritional care (IHRWG) joins the international celebration of Human Rights. The Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10th — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This year’s Human Rights Day theme relates to 'Equality' and Article 1 of the UDHR –

    “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

    The principles of equality and non-discrimination are at the heart of human rights. Equality means people having equal opportunities and being treated no less favorably than other people on the grounds of sex, gender, race, color, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, or any other status. These principles are also central to the practice of clinical nutrition. All governments and health care providers should promote equality and non-discrimination in their day-to-day work by providing the same quality of nutritional care for all. Everyone must always presume that a patient has the capacity to participate in decisions on their nutrition care plan. Judging a person’s decision-making ability should never be based on sex, gender, race, color, language, religion, political or other opinion.

    On International Human Rights Day, we take a moment to express the need to put the human rights-based approach at the heart of clinical nutrition practice. We express our gratitude to those who strive day to day to provide food and nutritional therapy to all patients and guarantee the respect of patient´s dignity. We continue to call for greater nutritional access for all malnourished and at-risk patients.

    For more information contact:

    • Working group coordinator: dianacardenasbraz@gmail.com

    December 10th video:

    • https://youtu.be/sUDw8ziwuOc

    Clinical nutrition and human rights. An international position paper:

    • https://aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ncp.10667

    • https://www.espen.org/files/other/HumanRightsPositionPaper_CN.pdf

  • Information on Training

    ESPEN Initiative on Educational Training

    ESPEN Training Centres

    Aim

    To provide ESPEN members with a web-based platform for clinical nutrition training opportunities, at national, regional and international level. ESPEN aims to promote supervised clinical training stays in centres of recognised expertise. The platform provides the name and first contact of Training centres for clinical nutrition, for trainees who would like to deepen their knowledge and abilities in clinical nutrition.

    TRAINING CENTRES

    Up to 4 centres per country have been identified and proposed by each ESPEN Council member for his/her country. Information on the training centres, including the contact persons, is available here. All training centres have experience in teaching, space for trainees and have at least two trainers in their team who are ESPEN members. ESPEN cannot provide any further information on the training centres than that found on the website. Direct contact with the centre is suggested in case more information is needed.

    Please note that for practical reasons the Training centres have no obligation to accept a trainee, nor to provide any kind of financial support, including any local-national insurances or assistance for recognition of professional qualifications. In case the training centre agrees to host the trainee, they commit to provide individual and supervised training in clinical nutrition, including routine enteral and parenteral nutrition options and techniques, in hospitalized and ambulatory patients. Additional arrangements can be made on a personal basis for specific topics of training if desirable for the trainee and feasible and acceptable for the Training centre. After agreement, the training centre will provide to the trainee an invitation letter before the stay, regular feedback during the stay, and a letter of attendance at the end of the stay. 

    Training stays in the same city or in the vicinity of the applicant's place of residence will not be accepted.

    TRAINEE – TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

    The trainee has two options to apply for training in clinical nutrition in training centres:

    1. TRAINING WITH AN ESPEN EDUCATIONAL GRANT

    The trainee applies for an ESPEN educational grant. ESPEN has instituted and offers Educational grants of 1.000 - 2.000 Euros per person, depending on the project (travel complexity, length of the project). Awardees will be selected by the Educational and Clinical Practice Committee (ECPC) of ESPEN and submitted for approval to the chairperson of the Scientific Committee and Executive Committee of ESPEN.

    Conditions

    The conditions for applying to an educational ESPEN grant are:

    • < 45 years old
    • No previous recipient of an ESPEN educational grant
    • Background of dietitian, medical doctor, nurse or pharmacist

    Requirements

    The requirements for applying to an ESPEN educational grant are:

    • ESPEN member
    • Letter of recommendation by the applicant’s national PEN society. Commitment or intention for the applicant to be active in the national PEN society will be considered as an advantage. Of note, a PEN society can only support two applications per year.
    • Letter of invitation by the selected training centre. The latter should mention the aim of the training, the day of start and its duration.
    • Curriculum vitae of the applicant
    • Application form for the ESPEN Educational grant to be found here

    Please be aware that if any document is missing, the application will not be considered for selection.

    These 4 documents have to be sent to the ECPC chairperson (rosa.burgos@vallhebron.cat). Deadline of application is 28thAugust 2026, at 5 pm CET. No late application will be accepted. The awardees will be notified by e-mail and are responsible to communicate the result to the national PEN Society.

    For the Educational Grant, ESPEN will act as provider of the platform containing the possible training centres, as indicated by the national PEN societies. ESPEN will select the awardees and is responsible for notification of the results. Please note that ESPEN cannot be responsible for any administrative procedures and workload, or for any issue related to training, including accreditation of professional and previous diplomas and credentials in case of international training, insurance, any financial coverage beyond the Educational grant itself. ESPEN should receive a copy of the letter of attendance from the trainee at the end of the stay.

    1. TRAINING WITHOUT AN ESPEN EDUCATIONAL GRANT

    In this option, the trainee does not apply for an ESPEN educational grant. The trainee may contact directly the training centre of his/her interest to discuss opportunities and modalities for training, including rules and obligations of both parties.

    In this case, ESPEN should be considered as a facilitator by providing the training centre platform, with centres indicated by the national PEN societies. ESPEN is not able to offer assistance and cannot be responsible for administrative work related to the process of contact, selection, decision and practical administrative arrangements. As stated above, for practical reasons no training centre can be obliged to accept to provide training at any time; the training period, duration and modalities should be arranged between the trainee and the potential training centre. Also in this case, please note that ESPEN cannot be responsible for administrative procedures related to training, including recognition of previous diplomas and professional qualifications in case of international training, local or national insurance, and any financial coverage.

     

  • Integrative Oncology in Patient-Centered Cancer Care

    Integrative Oncology in Patient-Centered Cancer Care

    Integrated Nutrition Cancer Care:

    A joint approach to policy and practice

    Free online webinar. 📆 Thursday 20 January 2021, ⏱ ️11.00 – 12.30 CET, Brussels time

    Register now following this link.

  • Investigating about the current practice of managing the catheter related blood stream infection during HPN

    Investigating about the current practice of managing the catheter related blood stream infection during HPN

    Please share your clinical opinion regarding prevention, diagnosis and treatment of central venous catheter related bloodstream infection and contribute to knowledge and better care!

    The Home Artificial Nutrition and Chronic Intestinal Failure special interest group of ESPEN will be grateful if you could take the survey: click here to take the survey

  • KSPEN would like to invite ESPEN members to the KSPEN 2021

    KSPEN Symposium

    KSPEN would like to invite ESPEN members to the KSPEN 2021 international symposium which will be held as virtual congress on June 11 and 12, 2021

  • LLL – Board invites you to join WEBINAR-T-LLL course for teachers!

    LLL – Board invites you to join WEBINAR-T-LLL course for teachers!

     

    With the increasing number of webinars, we organise a SPECIAL one for LLL teachers!

    IF YOU are already TLLL certified teacher, you can upgrade your “know-how” for LLL Webinars

    IF YOU are interested to join the TLLL team you can apply as well.


    Please find the detailed information here

  • Malnutrition Awareness Week 2022

    Malnutrition Awareness Week 2022

    ESPEN MAW is a week dedicated to raise awareness about disease related malnutrition

    ESPEN Action plan in English / en Español

    ESPEN promotes best science and research as a foundation for education and clinical guidance, with the ultimate goal to implement optimal nutritional care of every single patient with disease-related malnutrition.

    Research evidence allows for compelling education and guidance to promote effective nutritional care, and we believe clinical nutrition messages are now stronger than ever.

    Simple tools are available to identify nutritional risk and needs, and effective nutritional care prevents complications, improves outcomes and enhances quality of life. Still, awareness on the devastating clinical impact of disease-related malnutrition remains inadequate, and access to optimal nutritional care is unacceptably limited.

    After the recent launch in Vienna of a global declaration to promote nutritional care as a human right, inherently connected to the inalienable rights to food and health, ESPEN launches a new initiative based on science, education and best practice to promote awareness on this neglected clinical need – and its potential solutions.

    Stay tuned for the ESPEN Malnutrition Awareness week 2022 with symposia, webinars, education and clinical guidance, and the launch of the new ESPEN Action Plan for optimal nutritional care.

    From research to bedside, clinical nutrition matters more than ever!

     

    Feel free to click on any image to copy the web address or right click for download and share it on your social media account.

    Puedes hacer clic en cualquier imagen para copiar la dirección web o clic derecho para descargarla y compartirla en tu cuenta de redes sociales.

  • Malnutrition Awareness Week 2023

    ESPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week

    ESPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week

    Nutrition and cancer: it is time to act.

    ESPEN -ECO Webinar

    Nov 6, 2023, 3-4 pm CEST

    • Nutrition and Cancer: why now” Alessandro Laviano (University La Sapienza Rome) and a Political Representative (name to be confirmed)
    • Implementing ESPEN and ESMO guidelines in daily practice: the last mile to walk?” Jann Arends (UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM FREIBURG)
    • The access to nutritional care in cancer patients: a neglected human right” Diana Cardenas (Gustave Roussy Cancer Center Paris)
    • Working together to improve quality of care for cancer patients: the ECO experience” Mike Morrissey (Chief Executive, European Cancer Organisation)
    • Wrap up and conclusions” Alessandro Laviano (University La Sapienza Rome)
    1. Download program
       
    2. REGISTER HERE


    ECO Logo

    ESPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week

    Optimizing nutrition in renal patients: the challenge of complexity

    ESPEN-ERN Webinar

    Nov 8, 2023, 3-4 pm CEST

    Moderators: Giorgina Piccoli (France) and Tommy Cederholm (Sweden)
    • Multifactorial pathways to malnutrition in kidney disease - Adamasco Cupisti (I) 
    • Optimal nutrition in older adults with chronic kidney disease - Giorgina Piccoli (Centre Hospitalier Le Mans)
    • Obesity and chronic kidney disease - Rocco Barazzoni (ESPEN Chairmain)
    1. Download program
       
    2. REGISTER HERE

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  • Manifesto for the Implementation of Nutrition Education released by Rocco Barazzoni, Maurizio Muscaritoli and Cristina Cuerda.

    NEMS Press Release

    Medical doctors should be trained in Basic, Applied and Clinical Nutrition and Universities can use new tools to do so... because Food is Life! 

    Manifesto for the Implementation of Nutrition Education released by Rocco Barazzoni, Maurizio Muscaritoli and Cristina Cuerda.

  • MNI - Grant deadline extended until June 15, 2020

    MNI - Grant deadline extended until June 15, 2020

    The MNI grant rewards national initiatives or research projects for Optimal Nutritional Care.

    The objective is to support and/or inspire high quality initiatives. Over the past 10 years, the MNI Grant has supported or stimulated ambitious initiatives – endorsed by PEN (or sister) societies worldwide – which have contributed to improving nutritional care policies at national level. 

    The 2020 MNI Grant criteria have been enlarged to include initiatives on nutritional care of individuals with (risk of) SARS-CoV-2 and the deadline has been extended of an additional month, until 15 June 2020. >>

    Flyer MNA Grant 2020 (PDF)

    https://medicalnutritionindustry.com/grant/mni-grant/

     

  • Next ESPEN Treasurer

    Next ESPEN Treasurer

    The ESPEN Executive Committee is pleased to announce the next ESPEN Treasurer:
    Prof. Stéphane M. Schneider.

     

    This is the result of the ESPEN Treasurer election 2020. On Tuesday, July 7th 2020, two members of the Executive Committee (connected via videoconference) and a Notary counted the votes at the MCI office in Geneva, Switzerland. 

    The counting revealed that the majority of participating ESPEN members (190 from 370 votes) voted for Prof. Stéphane Schneider to become the next ESPEN Treasurer. 

    According to the constitution the result of this election will be presented at the next ESPEN Congress in September 2020 for final approval by the General Assembly. 

    We wish Professor Schneider a fruitful and successful term of office and we would like to thank both candidates, Prof. Dileep Lobo and Prof. Stéphane Schneider for their candidacy and by this for their enthusiasm and willingness to serve for ESPEN.

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