
The Netherlands
Reduce the occurrence and burden of malnutrition in the Netherlands
Reduce the occurrence and burden of malnutrition in the Netherlands
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The Dutch Malnutrition Steering Group is the national multidisciplinary knowledge centre for the awareness, prevention, identification and treatment of malnutrition.
As a result of various initiatives of the Malnutrition Steering Group, the last years have shown a clear decrease in the prevalence of malnutrition in the Netherlands. However, malnutrition is still a major problem and requires constant attention. This applies to both malnutrition in institutions and in the community.
Mission: to reduce the occurrence and burden of malnutrition in the Netherlands.
Our mission is to coordinate the collaboration between stakeholders and to initiate activities to reduce malnutrition, in particular in children, chronically and acutely ill and older persons.
Vision: the prevention and treatment of malnutrition are integrals part of the intra-, trans- and extramural health care in the Netherlands.
Connecting knowledge
The Malnutrition Steering Group brings together the knowledge of relevant partners, in order to coordinate and optimize the care around malnutrition.
Dissemination of knowledge into practice
The Dutch Malnutrition Steering Group initiates research and is a partner in (inter)national research. It translates research into practice in order to improve health care. Some examples:
Future priorities
Current and future projects will focus on the community-dwelling older persons. Through increased awareness and knowledge of malnutrition among community-dwelling senior citizens and caregivers, timely intervention and prevention of malnutrition becomes more likely. In addition, since length of stay in hospitals decreases, it is important to improve transmural nutritional care after discharge. Education remains important to increase awareness and knowledge among citizens and professionals in health and social care.
The Dutch Approach
Experience over the years has shown that there are several important steps related to successful implementation of actions to reduce prevalence of malnutrition.
The Dutch Approach in 10 steps
We believe that sharing knowledge and expertise across Europe will help to reduce the problem of malnutrition both at national and international level. By sharing results, dilemmas and good practices we will be able to learn from each other.
Healthy Nutrition for Healthy Ageing
The aim of this project was to increase awareness about (risk of) malnutrition in community-dwelling older adults.
Project website
Within the project: