14th EFAD Congress - Preliminary Programme is out

EFAD feels privileged to organize THE pan-European dietetic congress. Over the past years, EFAD brought fundamental topics to the table to endorse the dietetic workforce and showcase nutrition and dietetics on the map with the WHO and other key stakeholders. The Budapest resolution (2022) enabled EFAD to show its impact in Europe as the future story for dietitians unfolds.

This year’s theme is “Dietetic care, a human right: moving forward into a new era’’.

The two-day scientific programme is being finalised, and it will offer all the latest evidence-based information on nutrition and dietetics across the lifespan. New topics have been integrated within the program, including Equality, diversity, and inclusion in dietetics and a holistic approach to healthcare.

 Explore the program, Save the date and Stay Tuned for more details.

World Water Day - Watch on demand the EuHHAC Webinar

💧 Yesterday, we celebrated World Water Day with a EuHHAC webinar on "Evidence to Practise - Optimising Healthy Hydration and the Role of Dietitians".
Increasing Healthy Hydration awareness has become a key element of the work of EFAD since 2015. EFAD in collaboration with experts on healthy hydration has launched the European Healthy Hydration Awareness Campaign (EuHHAC), which aims at increasing awareness and knowledge of healthy hydration among dietitians and health professionals. 

 If you missed it, watch it on demand.

WHO Europe asks EFAD to be part of the expert meeting in Tajikistan

Tajikistan is currently facing a double burden of malnutrition, which includes both undernutrition and obesity.
 
In July 2022, the Ministry of Health of Tajikistan asked WHO for support in the area of nutrition. This mission will provide focus on three key areas: surveillance of nutritional status among children (The WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative), capacity-building and collaboration.

At the capacity-building meeting for better nutrition, that took place last February, EFAD actively contributed to the experts' panel. EFAD's Executive Director Wineke Remijnse shared the good practices and Europe's paradigm to identify immediate, medium-term, and longer-term next steps.

 Read Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in Tajikistan

Karger is a proud 14th EFAD Congress sponsor

We are extremely proud and happy about our ongoing collaboration with Karger.
All accepted abstracts of the 14th EFAD Congress will be published in Karger's journal "Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism".

So, don't miss your chance! Start preparing your abstract submissions.

 Visit the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism.

EuHHAC Hydration Tool

This easy-to-use tool was developed by EFAD and Danone Nutricia Research, as a part of the European Healthy Hydration Campaign (EuHHAC), with the purpose of raising awareness and increasing dietitians' knowledge of healthy hydration.
Download the tool and follow the instructions on how to use the tool in six easy steps, from consultation to follow-up ideas. Let’s speak about hydration during a consultation! Let’s implement healthy hydration in daily practice!

The EFAD Learning Library is here to support your Life Long Learning.

Our courses are dietitian-led and evidence-based, with materials to embed in practice and take your learning in new directions. Each flexible course has educational resources developed by our international experts that bring practical and real-world experience to each topic. 

 Become an EFAD learner.

Association Between Sustainability and Cancer – Recent Literature Analysis and Indication of Points for Improvement

Unhealthy diets, the rise of non-communicable diseases, and the declining health of the planet are highly intertwined, where food production and consumption are major dri­vers of increases in greenhouse gas emissions, substantial land use, and adverse health such as cancer and mortality. To assess the potential co-benefits from shifting to more sustainable diets, we aimed to investigate the associations of dietary greenhouse gas emissions and land use with all-cause and cause-specific mortality and cancer incidence rates.  

 Read the full article.

Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

The High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) produces the report “Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation”, at the request of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The HLPE-FSN report will be presented at the 52^nd plenary session of the CFS in October 2024.

With this e-consultation, the HLPE-FSN is seeking your feedback on the proposed scope of this report and the guiding questions below.

This consultation is open until 3 April 2023.

 Find out more.

WHO Regional Office for Europe nutrient profile model: second edition

This publication describes the regional nutrient profile model for use and, if necessary, adaptation by Member States in the WHO European Region in developing policies to restrict the marketing of unhealthy foods to children. The second edition, presented in this report, is an updated version of the model published in 2015. 

 Read the full version.

Sustainable Food Systems in Nutrition and Dietetics Education

This is an in-person networking and learning event that aims to share innovation and best practice in education, build relationships for international collaborations, explore big questions about sustainable food systems, the role of education and the scope of nutrition and dietetic professionals’ work.

📌 When: 7 - 8 June 2023
📍 Where: University College Dublin, Ireland

 Find more & register here.

Talking about Obesity: Enhancing Patient Communication in Clinical Practice

Join this EASO ECN online event to learn about discussing weight with patients living with obesity.

📌 When: Thursday 20 April, 8-9 pm CET
📍 Where: Online

 Find more & register here.

The 65th German Congress - Interdisciplinary Nutrition Therapy 2023, organized by the German Association of Dietitians (VDD)  – an EFAD member - takes place virtually on 4-6 May 2023.

100+ invited speakers from Germany and abroad will present and discuss the most up-to-date evidence on science and the relevance to evidence best practice. The annual conference devotes to the topic: Nutrition between deficiency and abundance.

The official language of the congress is German.

📌 When: 4 - 6 May 2023
📍 Where: Online

 Find out more & register.

"30th European Congress on Obesity"
17-20 May 2023
Dublin, Ireland
Submit your late-breaking abstracts by 28 February 2023, here.

 You can find out more and apply.

45^th ESPEN Congress on Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism
11 - 14 September 2023
Lyon, France

 You can find out more.

16th European Public Health Conference: "Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity"
📌 When: 8-11 November 2023
📍 Where: Dublin, Ireland

 You can find out more.

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