
Continuity of nutrition care: the power of concerted efforts against malnutrition
In June 2023, the Netherlands will host the international Optimal Nutritional Care for All ONCA conference “Continuity of nutrition care: the power of concerted efforts against malnutrition”.
Renowned experts in nutritional care, patient organisations, and policymakers will meet in Amsterdam to address inequalities in nutritional care, identify and tackle barriers and share achievements and good practices on the implementation of optimal nutritional care in policy and practice.
Would you like to be invited to the Amsterdam ONCA Conference?
Please send your request to secretariat@european-nutrition.org.

Optimal Nutritional Care for All
Launched in 2014, the Optimal Nutritional Care for All (ONCA) campaign is a multi-stakeholder initiative to facilitate greater screening for risk of disease-related malnutrition/undernutrition and nutritional care implementation across Europe.
The campaign supports national professional societies, associations and patient groups in public health and health care in 19 countries to implement nutritional risk screening and optimal nutritional care. The European Nutrition for Health Alliance (ENHA) provides structure, coordinates, inspires and facilitates.

EU4Nutrition
Through the EU4Nutrition programme, ENHA and ONCA engage with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, to secure nutrition care in European Union’s policies, and programmes and in the recommendations to its Member States.
Continuity of nutrition care: the power of concerted efforts against malnutrition

Malnutrition and undernutrition affect over 30 Million European citizens and place an unacceptable burden on European citizens and health care budgets.
Integrating patient-centered nutritional care in health policies will significantly contribute to prevention, better patient outcomes, and improved quality of life. Moreover, ample scientific evidence shows that optimizing nutritional care is a very (cost-) effective measure.
Despite this overwhelming scientific evidence, malnutrition is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, causing unacceptable inequalities between people and countries.
Optimal nutritional care must be considered a human right and patients should have equitable, timely access to the nutritional care needed to achieve their best possible outcome. The overall aim of the conference is to provide tools and background to implement nutritional care plans for all citizens, whether at home or in a health care facility.

Day 1 of the ONCA Conference and the pre-conference patient session, will take place in the historic church Zuiderkerk, which was converted to a stylish conference venue.

Day 2 will take place at the Inntel Hotel Amsterdam Landmark. The hotel has a cool character, inspired by the area’s industrial past. Inntel Hotel will also accommodate all international guests.

The Conference Programme
Please find the programme for days 1 and 2 below
Day 1 Continuity of nutrition care: the power of concerted efforts against malnutrition
Zuiderkerk Amsterdam
Zuiderkerk Amsterdam


Nutrition science and policy at a glance
Marian de van der Schueren, The Netherlands
A pan-European approach to nutrition economic research
Mark Nuijten, The Netherlands



Panellists: Annemieke van Ginkel-Res, EFAD; Rocco Barazzoni, ESPEN; John F Ryan, European Commission (invited); Marjolein Visser, EuGMS & Manuel Arellano, EPF
Moderators:


Good practices







Day 2 ONCA: Exchanging Good Practices to implement better nutrition care
Inntel Hotel Amsterdam Landmark
A. Implementing GLIM: where are we and where are we going?
B. Advancing your local ONCA campaign: engaging decision-makers in your Malnutrition Awareness Week
C. The key to successful implementation of nutrition in education
A. Prehabilitation can enhance recovery after surgery
B. Health indicators: a multilevel approach to malnutrition coding
C. Flavors of the world; supporting patients throughout Europe: a powerful awareness tool
30’ 6 x 5’ workshop conclusions and next steps
Workshop leaders
Reporting of the ONCA pre-conference patient session
Marek Lichota
Update on the Optimal Nutritional Care for All campaign
Joost Wesseling, ENHA




Do you want to join the Conference? Then send us an email at secretariat@european-nutrition.org!