Saturday – November 2

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a paedagogical approach for preparing students of the health professions to provide patient care in a collaborative team environment. Embedding IPE within core curricula remains a significant challenge. This session aims to illustrate what an IPE programme can look like and which tools can be used.

 09.00 – 10.30 hrs    Room: Main Room    Chair: Ingrid Aerts

With an ageing population and growing pressures on health and social care systems, there is a need to maintain quality of life and independence in older adults. Good nutrition plays a huge role in maintaining health, prevention of malnutrition and its consequences. Preventing malnutrition, sarcopenia and frailty will ultimately enable older people to remain active and independent in their activities of daily living. Our session will discuss nutritional challenges faced in this population group and strategies to improve nutritional intake and nutritional status.

 09.00 – 10.30 hrs    Room: MOA 3    Chair: Harriët Jager-Wittenaar

In this session will discuss nutrition techniques that will improve the health of sports people and the performance of athletes.

 09.00 – 10.30 hrs    Room: MOA 4    Chair: Nikos Papaspanos

As more and more professions begin to integrate new technological possibilities into their work, dietitians are not being left behind. This session will provide information about what dietitians can accomplish with the help of E–Health tools and how this can support us in patient care and in research projects.

 09.00 – 10.30 hrs    Room: MOA 5    Chair: Nicole Erickson

This session will present a summary of the latest evidence on the interaction between diet, nutrition and the gut microbiome. Learn how diet and nutrition are being used in concert with traditional therapies to manage gastrointestinal disorders

 09.00 – 10.30 hrs    Room: MOA 1-2    Chair: Christina Katsagoni

An abstract is the best resume needed to decide whether a research article should be considered for our purposes. In this workshop you will be able to improve your skills when drafting an abstract, as well as, to identify the different sections a good abstract should have.

 11.15 – 12.45 hrs    Room: Main Room    Chair: Maria Marques

Poor nutrition affects the outcome of people with cancer. In this session the influence of cancer cachexia and sarcopenia on tolerance to cancer treatment will be presented. The holistic nutritional assessment and management of the person with cancer presents challenges for the dietitian. Alternations in taste can have a significant impact on intake of food and fluids. Taste, from a research and Dietetic perspective, will be discussed. The specialist role of the Oncology Dietitian will be explored from the results of a European survey and future perspectives will be discussed.

 11.15 – 12.45 hrs    Room: MOA 3    Chair: Clare Shaw

Sustainability of food systems is high on the agendas of governments committed to achieving the sustainable development goals. The session will provide insights into how this commitment is being addressed to help consumers adopt healthier and more sustainable eating patterns. It will also showcase how dietitians play an important role in taking sustainable diets forward.

 11.15 – 12.45 hrs    Room: MOA 4    Chair: Manuel Moñino

Dietitians are experts in the field of nutrition and dietetics. Their work aims to improve health. This can only be done in cooperation with others. Multi-disciplinary working will increase impact of dietetics.

 11.15 – 12.45 hrs    Room: MOA 5    Chair: Elke Naumann

Food can no longer be considered as simply the sum of its nutrients but its complex physical structure also has to be taken into account. For milk and dairy foods too, it is increasingly recognised that the health impact extends beyond the individual nutrients. The unique combination of nutrients and bioactive factors, and how they interact with each other in the dairy matrix, combine to produce the overall effect on health.

 11.15 – 12.45 hrs    Room: MOA 1-2    Chair: Pauline Douglas

Dietitians are evidence-based practitioners, hence research informed teaching and research skill development while at University play key roles in both inspiring and equipping dietitians. A panel of research experts will share their experiences of student involvement in research and best practice guidance.

 14.15 – 15.45 hrs    Room: Main Room    Chair: Fiona McCullough

This session will present results of the collaboration with the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) with concrete deliverables.

 14.15 – 15.45 hrs    Room: MOA 3    Chairs: Ellen Govers & Maria Hassapidou

To tackle risk factors before people get ill in different settings is the target of preventive activities. For adopting programmes to the needs of the target group, actors have to analyse economic, social, gender, behavioural and environmental determinants and resources. This session will present modells, skills and projects in Higher Education Institutes and in different public settings.

 14.15 – 15.45 hrs    Room: MOA 4    Chair: Uta Köpcke

The review of the scientific literature concludes that investment in dietitians in primary care provides high returns. In order to facilitate their involvement, it is necessary to establish guiding principles for their performance: definition of ratios, work resources, skills and performance indicators, harmonization of procedures, interventions and systems of report.

 14.15 – 15.45 hrs    Room: MOA 5    Chair: Teresa Rodrigues

Nourishing a growing, global population with limited natural resources is one of the biggest challenges of our time. While developing and supporting healthy and sustainable foods systems to meet this challenge may seem daunting, dietitians are central to this issue and uniquely qualified to be a catalyst for positive change at every level – locally, nationally and globally.

In this session, learn about the complexities and multiple dimensions of sustainable food systems, and be empowered through real-life examples of nutrition experts making a difference on the issue. Be prepared to leave this session equipped with actionable strategies and resources to support sustainability efforts that benefit people, the planet and communities.

 14.15 – 15.45 hrs    Room: MOA 1-2    Chair: Katie Brown