COVID and nutritional care in obese patients

ESPEN is pleased to announce a new paper in Clinical Nutrition on guidance for nutritional care of COVID-19 patients, focusing on the important high-risk group of persons with obesity. The paper is endorsed by the ESPEN Council and is now available for download. We hope that the document will contribute to further enhance the awareness on the key role of nutritional care and treatment in all COVID-19 patients, regardless of initial nutritional status, and including the increasingly relevant problem of long-term sequelae commonly defined as "long-COVID"

ESPEN Congress 2022

The first announcement of the ESPEN Congress 2022 will be jointly organized with Austria, Slovenia and Croatia and will take place from September 3-6 2022 in Vienna. A kick-off meeting, ESPEN 2022, Vienna/ Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Zagreb was held from 17-18 September 2021.

ESPEN Early Career Faculty

The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) is pleased to announce calls for application for the position of Early Career Faculty.

Eligibility for applicants
1. Must be within 10 years after obtaining PhD/MD/Other higher degree and below the age of 40
2. Must be a member of ESPEN (with subscription being current)
3. Must be employed in an academic institution and have clinical/research experience in Clinical Nutrition, Metabolism, or related areas
4. The applicants could be clinicians, translational or basic scientists, or nutritionrelated health care professionals (e.g. nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, etc.)
5. The applicants should provide evidence of support from the Clinical Nutrition/PEN Society in their country of work
6. Appointments will be for three years and renewable for one more term, subject to performance
7. No more than four positions will be awarded to each member country
8. Applications for 2019 must be submitted on the prescribed form by 31 March 2019 to Professor Dileep Lobo (espen.fellowships@gmail.com) with the subject line “ESPEN Early Career Faculty 2019”
9. Results will be announced in May 2019

Expectations of ESPEN from Early Career Faculty
1. To attend ESPEN Congresses regularly (ESPEN will not be able to defray expenses, unless specifically invited)
2. To review at least 5 articles per year for Clinical Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN or Clinical Nutrition Experimental
3. To review and score abstracts submitted to the annual ESPEN Congress
4. To participate in the writing of ESPEN Guidelines if invited
5. To moderate sessions (oral and poster) at the annual ESPEN Congress if invited
6. To develop, update and participate in LLL Modules if invited 

Advantages for Early Career Faculty
1. Will be part of a very vibrant society, given the opportunity to participate in scientific, educational and research activities and network with peers
2. Opportunity to progress to ESPEN Faculty positions
3. Opportunity of seeing and commenting on scientific papers before they are published
4. Opportunity to progress to the Editorial Boards of Clinical Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN and Clinical Nutrition Experimental

ESPEN Early Career Faculty

Interested to actively participate to ESPEN activities as member of the Early Career Faculty Group?

This is a nice opportunity to share experience and to participate to scientific life of ESPEN.

The rules, instructions and forms for application are now available here.

Deadline for application :  31^st March 5 pm  CET !

ESPEN Fact Sheets

ESPEN family meets in Nice, France ’Wintermeeting 2019’

The Executive Committee was happy to work with the Scientific, Educational and Clinical Practice and associated Committees to look back at 2018 and plan 2019 and future strategies. The most exciting part was to see all Council Country Representatives from over 40 countries around the world and feel all the combined energy people have to fight malnutrition and help patients in different fields. A positive, hardworking and determined group, but first of all, a warm family!

Photo Gallery

Browse the ESPEN Photo Gallery with pictures of ESPEN ’Wintermeeting 2019’ - click here -

ESPEN Fellowship program

ESPEN Fellowship program selected 6 candidates among 20 eligible applications from 14 different countries for a total budget of 232 087 euros.
Congratulations to the awardees and thanks to Baxter Healthcare SA for their financial support!

Next call will be on 1st February 2022 !

ESPEN Guideline Chronic Intestinal Failure in Adults

The online voting for the “ESPEN Guideline on Chronic Intestinal Failure in Adults” coordinated by Loris Pironi is now available. The voting period has been extended until 10^th August 2022, 12:00 (noon, CEST). For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org until 3^rd August 2022.

ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with acute or chronic kidney disease – Second online voting

The second online voting for the upcoming “ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with acute or chronic kidney disease” coordinated by Enrico Fiaccadori is now available at the guideline services platform. The second online voting is substitutive of the canceled Consensus Conference. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen.org.

ESPEN Guideline on Clinical Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The online voting for the upcoming “ESPEN Guideline on Clinical Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease” coordinated by Stephan C. Bischoff is now available at the guideline services platform. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office@espen.org

ESPEN Guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease now available as an app

ESPEN launched its guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as an app version for smartphones and tablets. The app is available for download for iOS and Android. A web-based version is available here.

ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit

New ICU Guidelines available on the website! Please go to Guidelines section, read and implement!

ESPEN guideline on hospital nutrition – Second online voting

The second online voting for the upcoming “ESPEN guideline on hospital nutrition” coordinated by Ronan Thibault is now available at the guideline services platform. The second online voting is substitutive of the canceled Consensus Conference. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org.

Please note: Requests for login credentials cannot be processed between 30^th July – 23^rd August 2020. For technical reasons, we can only guarantee that you receive your login data in time if you send your request latest by 27th August 2020.

ESPEN guideline on Micronutrients

The Consensus Conference on the “ESPEN guideline on Micronutrients”coordinated by Mette M. Berger takes place on Tuesday, 30^th November 2021, (2:00–6:00 p.m. (CET)) online via Zoom. For registration (until 25^th November 2021, 2:00 p.m. (CET)) please contact the ESPEN guidelines office (guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org). 

ESPEN guideline on micronutrients – First online voting

The first online voting for the upcoming “ESPEN guideline micronutrients” coordinated by Mette Berger is now available at the guideline services platform. The first online voting covers trace elements, carnitine, choline, and coenzyme Q10. A voting on vitamins will follow in autumn. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org.

ESPEN guideline on micronutrients – Second online voting

The second online voting for the upcoming “ESPEN guideline micronutrients” coordinated by Mette M. Berger is now available at the guideline services platform. The second online voting covers the vitamins as well as a chapter on cobalt. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org.

ESPEN guideline on nutritional support for polymorbid medical inpatients

Vote now for two new ESPEN guideline updates!

ESPEN Guidelines to vote on!

ESPEN guidelines: Online voting and Consensus Conference

The online voting for the upcoming ESPEN guidelines “ESPEN guideline on Clinical nutrition in Pancreas Disease” coordinated by Marianna Arvanitaki and “ESPEN guideline on Home Parenteral Nutrition” coordinated by Loris Pironi is now available at the guideline services platform. For access please contact the ESPEN guideline office guidelines-office[at]espen[dot]org.

The Consensus Conference on these ESPEN guidelines takes place on Monday, 29th April 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) in the meeting rooms of the Fraport Conference Center at the Frankfurt airport. For further information and registration (possible until 1^st April 2019) please also contact the ESPEN guidelines office.