Optimal Nutritional Care for All

17/11/2025

🇧🇪 Belgium launches its Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025 campaign today!

Together with BeONCA, partners across Belgium are raising awareness about malnutrition in older adults, promoting early screening, and strengthening nutritional care across hospitals, home care, and community settings.

This year’s focus:
🔎 Better detection
📈 Improved monitoring
🤝 Stronger collaboration across all care levels

Let’s stand together for better nutrition, better care, and better health.

🎥 Learn more here: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/belgium/

17/11/2025

🇸🇪 Sweden joins | December 1–5 🚀

Sweden joins the European Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025 with a dedicated week focused on raising awareness of disease-related malnutrition, strengthening knowledge, and promoting good nutritional care across healthcare and community settings.

This year’s campaign brings together universities, regions, and the Swedish Dietitians Association, with activities for professionals, students, and the public.

📌 Highlights include:
- Umeå University: fact sheets + online learning on malnutrition
- University of Gothenburg & VGR: MAW activities on Dec 3
- Örebro Region: short webinars, public campaigns, digital outreach
- Educational materials for both citizens and healthcare staff

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/sweden/

10/11/2025

🇷🇸 Serbia joins | 10–14 Nov

Led by NUPENS with the Clinical Centers of Serbia, Vojvodina, Niš, and the University of Belgrade, this year’s campaign emphasizes education, screening, diagnosis, and clinical nutrition interventions, particularly in gastrointestinal and oncology care.

🎯 Focus:
- Raise awareness among healthcare providers, especially in pediatric, GI, and oncology populations.
- Improve nutritional screening, assessment, and individualized therapy.
- Promote clinical nutrition as a vital part of cancer care and recovery.

📢 Activities include educational events for professionals, students, and the public.

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/serbia/

10/11/2025

🇬🇧 UK is coming up | 17–21 Nov

For the 8th UK Malnutrition Awareness Week, BAPEN and the Malnutrition Task Force unite to raise understanding of malnutrition and dehydration risks among professionals, the public, and policymakers.

Campaign Focus: Ask, Look, Listen 🎯
🗣️ Check in on appetite, nutrition, and ability to prepare meals.
👀 Spot signs like unplanned weight loss or empty cupboards.
👂Hear concerns about wellbeing, loneliness, or loss of interest.

📢 Everyone has a role in preventing and managing malnutrition.

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/united-kingdom/

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BAPEN (British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)

10/11/2025

🇫🇷 Stay tuned for France's | 17–23 Nov

Coordinated by ONCA France and national partners, this year’s campaign strengthens legislative action, professional awareness, and patient care across hospitals, community, and home settings.

🎯 Focus:
- Promote early detection, systematic monitoring, and multidisciplinary care.
- Address malnutrition, obesity, and diabetes through legislative reform.
- Advocate for a dedicated bill on hospital malnutrition to ensure resources and official medical recognition.
- Call for reimbursement of adapted physical activity by Social Security.

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/france/


Semaine nationale de la dénutrition 2023

10/11/2025

🇧🇪 Belgium is launching 17–23 Nov 🚀

Coordinated by BeONCA with support from the Federal Ministry of Health and Question Santé, Belgium’s campaign focuses on better screening, monitoring, and nutritional strategies across hospitals, home care, and community settings.

🎯 Aims:
- Raise awareness of malnutrition in older adults.
- Encourage regular screening & monitoring of nutritional status.
- Promote effective nutritional interventions across all care levels.

🗝️ Key Policy Ask ➡️ Unite healthcare stakeholders to take transformative action against malnutrition.

🔗 Learn more: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/belgium/

10/11/2025

🌍 WEBINAR | Thursday, 13 November | 10:00–11:00 CET

Nutrition Literacy for Change: Empowering Patients to Take Action

🧠 Patients deserve a seat at the table.
Join us for the launch of the ENHA Patient & Nutrition Impact Group: a new platform that strengthens patient involvement in nutrition policy and practice across Europe.

💬 Connect with patient leaders
⚙️ Discover practical tools for empowerment
🤝 Help shape a future where every patient’s nutritional care needs are heard and acted on.

👉 Register here:
🔗 https://european-nutrition.org/landing-page/european-patient-nutrition-webinar/
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The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism

04/11/2025

European Malnutrition Awareness Week Special -

Handlicked Q4 2018 Digest

04/11/2025

🇪🇸 Spain joins on Nov 10–17 🚀

Led by ONCA Spain, Alianza Másnutridos, and SENPE, this year’s campaign marks “10 Years of DRM Awareness: Time to Reflect, Time to Act.”

🎯 Focus:
- Strengthen visibility and recognition of Disease-Related Malnutrition (DRM).
- Raise awareness among patients, professionals & policymakers.
- Celebrate 10 years of Alianza Másnutridos and its impact on DRM care.
- Push for sustained political and professional action to turn awareness into systemic change.

📅 Highlight: Awareness Day – Nov 17, Madrid Medical Association.

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/spain/


Sociedad Española de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo

04/11/2025

🇸🇮 Stay tuned for Slovenia's on Nov 10–14 🚀

Led by ONCA Slovenia and SZKP, in collaboration with the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, NIJZ, and the Ministry of Health, this campaign focuses on education, early screening, and practical interventions to prevent and manage malnutrition 🛡️

🎯 Goals:
- Raise awareness among healthcare providers about malnutrition risks in older adults.
- Promote regular screening and nutritional care across all settings.
- Spread best practices across primary, secondary, and tertiary care.
- Empower professionals and the public with practical knowledge.

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/slovenia/


prehrana in presnovna podpora

04/11/2025

🇳🇱 Netherlands launches Nov 10–14 🚀

Led by ONCA Netherlands and the Kenniscentrum Ondervoeding, this year’s campaign highlights evidence-based nutritional care, combining education, policy advocacy, and public engagement.

📊 Key insights:
- “Ondervoeding in de zorg: behandeling loont” shows treating malnutrition saves billions in healthcare costs.
- SROI study: every €1 invested in nutrition care for vulnerable older adults generates €3.27 in social value over 5 years.

📥 Free campaign materials & much more:
🔗 https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/netherlands/

04/11/2025

🇭🇺 Hungary’s is coming up on Nov 10–14 🚀

Organised by ONCA Hungary and the Hungarian Dietetic Association (MDOSZ), the campaign promotes awareness, evidence-based nutritional screening, and systematic action against disease-related malnutrition.

📢 Focus: integrating communication, data collection, and professional collaboration to make nutrition a visible and measurable part of healthcare.

🔗 More info: https://european-nutrition.org/malnutrition-awareness-weeks-2025/hungary/

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