Disease related malnutrition

- Causes, prevention and intervention

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9.00-9.05 Welcome

By Stine Ulven, head of the steering committee for Center for Clinical Nutrition

9.05-9.15 Opening speech

By Astrid Nylenna, Division for public health and prevention at the Norwegian Directorate of Health

9.15-12.00 Malnutrition - the big picture

Chair: Ingrid Fange Gjelstad and Ingvild Paur

  • The causes and consequences of cancer-associated malnutrition by Jann Arends, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Identification of the malnourished patient by Harriët Jager-Wittenaar, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

Short break

  • Effects of dietary intervention in hospitalized patients, overview of the results from the EFFORT trials by Nina Kägi-Braun, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Multidisciplinary nutrition interventions for frail older adults by Anne Marie Beck, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Denmark
  • National actions against malnutrition by Guro Berge Smedshaug og Henriette Walaas Krogh, The Norwegian Directorate of Health
  • Results from the nation-wide QuaNuT study by Ingvild Paur, Norwegian Advisory Unit on Disease-related Undernutrition (NADU/ NKSU)

12.00-13.15 Lunch break

Visit at the Center for clinical nutrition

  • The outpatient clinic, poster presentations, research facilities and student's room for practical skills including e-learning.

13.15-14.15 Malnutrition in cancer patients

Chair: Inger Ottestad

  • The Nutrition Outpatient Clinic and treatment of malnutrition in cancer patients by Nicole Warmbrodt
  • Esophageal cancer - the patient pathway from preoperative assessment to follow-up after hospital discharge by Caroline Ursin Skagemo, Kristin Torvik Ieva Toleikyte-Celestino and Hanna Ræder.

Break

14.30-16.30 Highlights on ongoing research

Chair: Christine Henriksen and Benedicte Beichmann

  • MyFood – a digital tool to monitor dietary intake and tailor dietary interventions by Mari Mohn Paulsen, University of Oslo
  • The GAIN-study by Benedicte Beichmann, University of Oslo
  • The Nutrifrail-study by Anette Hjartåker, University of Oslo
  • Multimodal treatment of Cancer cacexia by Trude Balstad, NTNU
  • MyPath - the digital solution to patient-centred cancer care by Kristin Hustad and Tonje Lundeby, Oslo University hospital
  • Results from the colorectal cancer NorDiet study (Typisk Norsk) by Dena Treider Alavi, University of Oslo

The seminar is financially supported by the Throne Holst Foundation for nutrition research


Presenters

Image may contain: Forehead, Glasses, Eyebrow, Vision care, Jaw.Dr. Jann Arends works as senior Consultant in Palliative Care at Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany. He is a specialist in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hematology and oncology. Clinical expertise and areas of research are metabolic and nutritional problems in cancer patients. Since 2006 Dr. Arends is the leading author of the European ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients and of the recently published ESMO guideline on cancer cachexia. He is the chair of the Nutrition and Metabolism Working Group of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology.

Image may contain: Person, Face, Cheek, Smile, Sleeve.Dr. Harriet Jager-Wittenaar is Professor of Malnutrition and Healthy Ageing at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Moreover, she is guest professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and senior researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen. As clinical dietitian, Prof. ​Harriët Jager-Wittenaar performed her Ph.D. research at the University of Groningen on malnutrition in head and neck cancer patients. For many years, Prof. Jager-Wittenaar has been committed to further improving the recognition and treatment of malnutrition nationally and internationally. She is Co-Lead of the international GLIM Implementation Working Group and member of the ESPEN Guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients Working Group.

portait of Nina Kägi-BraunDr. Nina Kaegi-Braun was born in Switzerland and studied Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is currently a resident in the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition at the Kantonsspital Aarau in Switzerland. She has a special interest in clinical nutrition and works as a postdoc in the research team of Prof. Dr. Philipp Schuetz, who was the principal investigator of the EFFORT trial. This is the largest-yet randomized-controlled trial looking at clinical effects of nutritional support in malnourished medical ward patients and has just been published in the Lancet recently.

Image may contain: Glasses, Face, Nose, Glasses, Smile.Anne Marie Beck is a clinical dietitian, with a master's degree in Gerontology from 2009 and a PhD from the University of Copenhagen from 2001. For the past 12 years, she has been a Senior researcher at EATEN the Dietetic and Nutrition Research Unit at Herlev-Gentofte Hospital in Denmark Her primary research field is nutrition and aging. More specifically, the consequences of undernutrition on functional capacity among frail older adult and the effect of multidisciplinary nutrition interventions. Anne Marie has published more than 100 scientific articles and is co-author of several national and international guidelines.

portrait of Guro SmedshaugGuro Berge Smedshaug is a clinical dietitian, MSc. For the past 15 years she has been a senior adviser at the Norwegian Directorate of Health, including 2 years in the Norwegian Ministry of Health (2019-2020). Her primary field of work is within the field of clinical nutrition, elderly and malnutrition. She led the process of developing the Norwegian guideline on prevention and treatment of malnutrition in 2009, and also the revised version from 2022.

portrait of Henriette Walaas KroghHenriette Walaas Krogh is a clinical dietitian, MSc. She works as a senior adviser at the Norwegian Directorate of Health and led the revision process of the Norwegian guideline on prevention and treatment of malnutrition together with Guro Berge Smedshaug. Previously she has worked within the field of gastroenterology, nutrition and cancer, both as a clinical dietitian in a hospital and as a special adviser in a non-governmental organization.

portrait of Ingvild PaurIngvild Paur is a clinical dietitian, with a PhD in nutrition from the University of Oslo. She is now head of research at the Norwegian Advisory Unit on Disease-related Undernutrition, Oslo University Hospital and Associate Professor II at The Arctic University of Norway. Her research areas are: Malnutrition - prevalence, risk, assessment, diagnoses, clinical and economic consequences.

 

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Nicole Warmbrodt, Kristin Torvik, Inger Olaug Ottestad and Hanna Ræder are all clinical dietitians at the Nutrition Outpatient Clinic, where patients with esophageal cancer at Oslo University Hospital are admitted as a part of their clinical pathway from preoperative assessment to follow-up after hospital discharge. Ieva Toleikyte was not present the day this photo was taken

 

Image may contain: Person, Forehead, Nose, Cheek, Chin.Mari Mohn Paulsen is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and associate professor at Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo. Her research focus on effects and implementation of digital tools to prevent and treat malnutrition, dietary assessment methods and sustainable diets.

 

 

Benedicte Beichmann is a clinical dietitian and a PhD-student Image may contain: Cheek, Smile, Eyebrow, Jaw, Eyelash.for the GAIN-study, at the University of Oslo. Her fields of interest are nutrition and cancer, prevention and treatment of malnutrition.  

 

 

 

Image may contain: Smile, Lip, Eyebrow, Jaw, Botany.Anette Hjartåker has a Master of Science degree in nutrition from the University of Oslo, and a PhD in nutritional epidemiology from the University of Tromsø. She has previously worked as a researcher at the Cancer Registry of Norway, and works now as a professor in nutritional epidemiology at the Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo. Hjartåker has broad experience in cancer and nutritional epidemiology. Since 2019, she has headed a project on nutrition and frailty among older adults (NutriFrail).

Image may contain: Person, Nose, Cheek, Smile, Lip.Trude Balstad is researcher in the Research group for cancer and palliative care, NTNU focusing on assessment, classification and basic biological understanding of cancer cachexia. Involved in several projects aiming to improve the evidence and quality of nutritional assessment and support in cancer.

 

Image may contain: Person, Forehead, Nose, Cheek, Smile.Kristin Solheim Hustad is a clinical dietitian with a PhD in nutrition from the University of Oslo. She works as a researcher in the Regional Advisory Unit for Palliative Care, OUS. She is also affiliated with PRC - European Palliative Care Research Centre as a postdoc in the MyPath project, where she coordinates the scientific group developing the content for nutritional care.

 

Image may contain: Person, Nose, Cheek, Smile, Lip.Tonje Lundeby is a researcher at the Department of Oncology, OUS and manager of PRC - European Palliative Care Research Centre. Her background is from psychology and behavioural science, and she is currently working in several national and EU funded projects focusing on patient-centred cancer care. One of these projects is the MyPath project where she is in the management team.

 

Published June 28, 2022 3:08 PM - Last modified Apr. 20, 2023 2:51 PM