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Feed Living Book & Journal Club, ELLLC Webinar on SFS, Dis4FooD and more..

View this email in your browser EFAD Newsflash   EFAD News   🚀 Launching the FEED Living Book & Journal Club Meetings: Empowering Dietitians to Tackle Food Insecurity     Food insecurity remains a pressing challenge across Europe, impacting individuals, families, and entire communities. Dietitians play a crucial role in addressing this issue through direct counselling, advocacy, education, and practice. That’s why we are excited to introduce the FEED Living Book, a dynamic, evidence-based resource designed to empower dietitians with the knowledge and tools to combat food insecurity effectively.

To celebrate the launch of the FEED Living Book, we are introducing the FEED Journal Club, a series of interactive meetings where dietitians and experts gather to discuss food insecurity and explore the latest research. 📅 First Meeting: April 1st at 14:00 CEST

đŸ”č Discussion: Two key papers on food insecurity, including insights from the FEED Living Book
đŸ”č Limited seats available – first come, first served!
đŸ”č Exclusive access: Participants in the first session will be invited to future Journal Club meeting

Find out more and register here.     ELLLC Webinar: Embedding Sustainability in Dietetics Education: Best Practices and Lessons Learned – April 9th     We are delighted to welcome you to the webinar “Embedding Sustainability in Dietetics Education: Best Practices and Lessons Learned”, organised by EFAD’s Education and Life Long Learning Committee.

This ELLLC webinar will delve into the critical aspects of integrating Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) into dietetics education. It will explore the barriers and facilitators to embedding SFS within the curriculum and practice placements, providing an overview of these challenges and opportunities.

Participants will gain insights from European and international activities in dietetics education, highlighting successful initiatives and collaborative efforts. Additionally, the session will discuss the impact of mandating certain aspects of sustainability in education, examining how these requirements can drive systemic change and enhance the competency of future dietitians.

This session is designed for educators, researchers, and professionals committed to advancing sustainability within dietetics education.

Find out more and register here.     Hey European Dietitians! We need your input on low/ no sweeteners 👇     EFAD and ESDN Diabetes invite you to take part in a short survey exploring dietitians’ knowledge, views, and attitudes toward low/no calorie sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, and stevia.

Your insights are valuable in understanding perceptions about their safety and health effects, as well as their use as sugar substitutes in dietetic practice.

This survey is supported by the International Sweeteners Association (ISA).

Take the 5â€Č survey here.     Survey: The use of the EuHHAC Hydration Tool across the UK and Europe   Calling all dietitians and nutritionists in the UK and Europe! Ulster University researchers, in partnership with EuHHAC, have developed a survey. If you are a dietitian or clinical nutritionist in the UK or Europe, we invite you to participate in this study to understand the usage and effectiveness of the EuHHAC Hydration Tool.

Take the survey here.     Save the Date for the 15th EFAD Congress in Malmö, Sweden     We are excited to unveil the theme of the 15th EFAD Congress:
“Rethink. Reform. Sustain: Dietitians at the Forefront of Change”

As our world faces critical challenges join us this upcoming October as we explore the vital role of dietitians in building a sustainable future. From health equity to sustainable food systems, this congress will highlight the transformative action in our profession. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for the detailed program and further announcements that will follow!

📅 24-25 October 2025
📍 Malmö, Sweden

Congress Website Now Live   2025: Launching New Promising Projects, Nurturing Existing Growth   Follow Dis4FooD on social media     Did you know that over 50 million people use diet & nutrition apps? Digital disruption is reshaping healthcare however, many dietitians feel unprepared to engage with these technologies, hindering their employability and ability to drive improvements in public health.

Dis4FooD is an ERASMUS+-funded project that aspires to ensure that dietitians participate in the digital disruption of diet and food.

In Dis4FooD, we aim to design and provide a training program for dietitians to equip them with the knowledge and skills to navigate complex food data infrastructures.

The project adopts a co-creational approach, bringing together food data specialists from the Laboratory of Food Chemistry & Analysis of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) and dietitians from The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) to identify and address their specific training needs.

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Follow Dis4Food on Instagram   New Kompass Nutrition & Dietetics is out!   Article Highlight     Multi-Chamber Bags: Safe and Efficient for Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition in Vulnerable Patients

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is recognized as a complex high-risk therapy. Its practice is highly variable and frequently suboptimal in pediatric patients. Optimizing care requires evidence, consensus-based guidelines, audits of practice, and standardized strategies. Several pediatric scientific organizations, expert panels, and authorities have recently recommended that standardized PN should generally be used over individualized PN in the majority of pediatric patients including very low birth weight premature infants.

Access the full article.    
We invite you to explore this insightful issue and engage with the latest research to support evidence-based approaches in pediatric nutrition and dietetics.

Explore the full issue.   ENDietS news..   📱 New Date for ENDietS Education Fair!     To ensure the best experience, the ENDietS Education Fair Vol. 2 has been rescheduled to April 5, 2025. This free online event will give nutrition and dietetics students across Europe the chance to explore study opportunities, hear testimonials from students who studied abroad, and discover a variety of academic programs.

Save the new date: April 5, 2025

Register for free here.     ENDietS is on the lookout for new members     ENDietS is seeking enthusiastic nutrition and dietetic students from Austria, Italy, and Spain for the National Key Contact position.
Application Deadline: March 31st 2025, 23:59 CET Also, open positions for two anchor positions are available: Promotion and Recruitment, NKC Anchor
Application Deadline: March 17th 2025, 23:59 CET

Find out more and apply.   News   FAO & WHO brochures on the food allergens

The FAO and WHO conducted five joint expert consultations on the risk assessment of food allergens, resulting in the publication of five comprehensive meeting reports. To enhance accessibility and facilitate the practical application of this information, the FAO and WHO have developed four brochures, available in six languages.   In brief: Priority food allergens
In brief: Food allergen reference doses
In brief: Precautionary allergens labelling (PAL)
In brief: Exemptions from mandatory food allergen declaration     Study exploring dietitian perspectives and experiences in Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) health

This research aims to identify the attitudes towards TGD people, practice approaches and engagement with TGD people, their strengths and gaps in knowledge of TGD inclusive practice as health professionals. Secondary to this, possible avenues for positive change in dietetics education and practice on TGD health will also be explored.

You can access the survey here.     ESPEN Clinical Nutrition Journal – March 2025

Stay tuned for all the latest news and relevant studies on Clinical Nutrition.


Find out more.   Congresses, Events and Webinars   Webinars/ Symposia   Webinar: Launch of the WHO Factsheet Addressing Sarcopenic Obesity
in the WHO European Region: challenges and solutions


WHO in collaboration with EFAD, ESPEN, EASO, and WONCA, has launched a new Factsheet on Sarcopenic Obesity. This upcoming WHO public webinar will introduce this crucial factsheet and offer an opportunity for experts to discuss the key challenges and opportunities in addressing sarcopenic obesity. Marian de van der Schueren, representing EFAD, will participate in the panel discussion of this important event.

📌 April 1, 2025
📍 Where: Online

Register here.   National-wide Congresses/ Events/ Symposia   Diaetologie Austria: 42nd Nutrition Congress The Austrian Dietetic Association, Diaetologie Austria, warmly invites all Austrian colleagues to join the 42nd Nutrition Congress in Vienna this March. This year’s event will spotlight the “Power Nutrient: Protein”, exploring its impact on health, sustainability, and innovation in nutrition.

📌 When: 20 – 21 March, 2025
📍 Where: Vienna, Austria You can find out more.     ASAND and SINPE: Synergies in clinical nutrition ASAND invites all Italian colleagues to the ASAND-SINPE joint event, “Synergies in Clinical Nutrition,” this March in Bari.

📌 When: 27 – 29 March, 2025
📍 Where: Bari, Italy

Abstract submission ends on February 28th.
You can find out more.     67th Federal Congress of the German Association of Dietitians The 67th Federal Congress of the German Association of Dietitians is coming soon. This year’s theme is “Diverse, professional & individual: Nutritional therapy and prevention for today’s society.”

📌 When: 15 – 17, May, 2025
📍 Where: CongressPark, Wolfsburg, Germany Catch your early bird ticket until March 15th.   European-wide Congresses/ Events/ Symposia   32nd European Congress on Obesity Submit your abstracts for the 32nd European Congress on Obesity.

📌 When: 11 – 14 May, 2025
📍 Where: Malaga, Spain Find out more.     FoodPaths Festival: Building tomorrow’s Sustainable Food Systems together – 20-22 May 2025 (Brussels) The FOODPathS Festival will bring a variety of different stakeholders together. The aim? To inspire collective solutions for sustainable change.

📌 When: 20 – 22 May, 2025
📍 Where: Brussels, Belgium Find out more.     EFPC 2025 Vienna Conference

The European Forum for Primary Care (EFPC) association announces its 2025 annual conference, which will focus on Research and Practice in Primary Care. The conference will take place in Vienna (Austria) from September 7 to 9, 2025.

📌 When: 13 – 16 September 2025
📍 Where: Prague, Czech Republic You can find out more.     47th ESPEN Congress

📌 When: 13 – 16 September 2025
📍 Where: Prague, Czech Republic You can find out more.     15th EFAD Congress

Under the title Rethink. Reform. Sustain: Dietitians at the forefront of change, EFAD is excited to announce the 15th EFAD Congress, which will take place in Malmö, Sweden, in October 2025,

📌 When: 24 – 25 October, 2025
📍 Where: Malmö, Sweden Save the Date and Stay Tuned!   Subscribe to our mailing list   To help spread the Voice of European Dietetics across the continent, please share widely with your colleagues and ask them to subscribe. If you have something to share with our network, submit it here. Join in with the conversation on social media and have your say on the advice, research and events that are taking place over Europe. Get connected and involved.        Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved.
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