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Our vision is to advance nutrition care in patients through research, education and interdisciplinary collaboration in Canada.

08/19/2025

CMAW 2025 Oct 6 Webinar Spotlight
“From Bedside to Policy: Leadership for Food as Medicine in Healthcare"

Join speakers Jennifer Reynolds from https://nourishleadership.ca/ , Elaine Chu, RD from Fraser Health and Rupinder Dhaliwal from CMTF, Canadian Nutrition Society - Societe canadienne de nutrition for practical takeaways, actionable strategies and opportunities for collaboration to advance food as medicine and address malnutrition.

REGISTER for this free webinar today at this link https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/events/2025/10/06/from-bedside-to-policy-leadership-for-food-as-medicine-in-healthcare

Session sponsored by Gordon Food Service - Canada https://www.facebook.com/gordonfoodservicecanada

08/12/2025

Registration for Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week webinars NOW!

For Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week (CMAW) 2025 “Unveiling Solutions”, expert speakers from across Canada will share their insights on identifying solutions for addressing malnutrition across adult and pediatric acute care, primary & community care & long term care settings.

Dates: Oct 6-10 & September 25
Webinar line up, speakers, times and registration links: are available here https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/canadian-malnutrition-awareness-week/webinars

Check out our CMAW 2025 Home page, Resources and Partners pages here https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/canadian-malnutrition-awareness-week/about-cmaw

Canadian Malnutrition Task Force (CMTF) is a flagship initiative of the Canadian Nutrition Society - Societe canadienne de nutrition

08/05/2025

Muscle Health, Malnutrition & Anti Obesity Drugs Webinar on September 25-Register soon!

In collaboration with our society partner, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN, we are offering a joint webinar, “Beyond the Scale: Muscle Health and Malnutrition in the Era of Anti-Obesity Drugs” as part of Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025!

Join our expert speakers Carla Prado, PhD, RD, FCAHS, Stuart Phillips, PhD, FACSM, FCAHS and Manpreet Mundi, MD to learn about drug mechanisms, nutritional risks, and the essential role of targeted nutrition and exercise strategies to preserve muscle and optimize outcomes.

Register soon at this link as spots fill up quickly https://portal.nutritioncare.org/events/event-details/?id=00b6b93b-a356-f011-95f3-7c1e52d4b6d0&reload=timezone

For registration links for all CMAW 2025 webinars Oct 6-10, go here https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/canadian-malnutrition-awareness-week/webinars

Canadian Nutrition Society - Societe canadienne de nutrition

07/14/2025

Announcing our upcoming webinar line up for Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025!

We have an engaging line up of educational webinars that will bring together leading experts, current research, and practical tools to help tackle malnutrition across various health care settings.

Whether you work in a hospital, primary care, long term care, community health, policy and leadership, these webinars are designed to inform and inspire, while for malnutrition.

Webinars take place Sept 25 and Oct 6-10. Details and registration details available here https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/canadian-malnutrition-awareness-week/webinars

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American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN

06/30/2025

Enteral Nutrition in Hospitalized Patients and Malnutrition

Make sure to check out this NEJM review in which CMTF’s Leah Gramlich MD and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN's Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, consider enteral nutrition in the context of disease-related malnutrition (DRM), provide evidence for the use of enteral nutrition in hospitalized patients, and discuss practice considerations.

See abstract here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40239069/

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06/03/2025

Inviting Health Leaders to attend CMTF's session at CCHL Annual Conference June 17 in Edmonton

Join speakers Leah Gramlich, Teresa O’Callaghan and Judy Witmer Gibson at the upcoming Canadian College of Health Leaders Conference in Edmonton to identify your current organizational priorities that can be leveraged to drive changes in (mal)nutrition care. Explore strategies to advocate for nutrition as a core quality and safety indicator.

Session details
Improving Hospital Outcomes through Nutrition: A Proven Evidence Based Strategy
June 17, 1:30-2:30 pm MST
More details here (session #25) https://cchl-ccls.ca/event/cnc2025/

Thanks for sharing this with your hospital and health region leaders and colleagues. Registration ends June 13

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05/07/2025

May is Caregiver Awareness Month! Join our Mentoring Session on Caregiver Awareness and Nutrition Care

CMTF's Primary & Community Care Working Group is hosting a mentoring session on “Caregiver Awareness: The Complex Roles and Needs of Caregivers in Nutrition Care” on May 13 at 12h-13h EST.

(Cath)erine Morley PhD, RD, FDC, Principal, Catherine Morley Dietetics and Professor (retired), Acadia University, NS, will review the CARE4 framework and how it relates to caregivers’ roles in nutrition care and their own nutrition needs.

Session details https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/resource-library/primary-community-care/community-of-practice/may-13-2025

Register here (free) https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zKVH_TlMTnSFHLIE2TCq9g #/registration

04/21/2025

CMTF Pediatric Speakers at upcoming CPS 2025 and past ASPEN!

Join Dr. Jessie Hulst MD, PhD and Laura Carter RD MSc, members of CMTF Pediatric Working Group, at the upcoming Canadian Pediatric Society Conference in Quebec as they share best practices for successful transitions of nutrition care from hospital to home and community.
May 30, 2025, 12-1:15 pm EST, see here https://na.eventscloud.com/website/81672/home-programming-program/

Jessie Hulst and Jill Owens RD from McMaster Children's Hospital, generated a lot of interest during their ASPEN Session! See March 23 session on Tackling Malnutrition in Hospitalized Children Using an Interprofessional Nutrition Care Pathway here
https://aspen.nutritioncare.org/session/su20-tackling-malnutrition-in-hospitalized-children-using-an-interprofessional-nutrition-care-pathway/

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04/11/2025

Carla Prado first Canadian dietitian to receive ASPEN’s Stanley J. Dudrick Award!

Carla Prado, PhD, RD, FCAHS who is a member of CMTF's Advisory Committee is the first Canadian dietitian to receive this prestigious award that recognizes a mid-career investigator with significant accomplishments in nutrition support research!

We congratulate Carla on this award and her impressive work!
Carla will be sharing her scientific journey at the Stanley J. Dudrick Symposium during the ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference in 2026. Read more here
https://aspen.nutritioncare.org/dudrick-award-recipients/

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN Canadian Nutrition Society - Societe canadienne de nutrition Dietitians of Canada

04/07/2025

Malnutrition Screening in Nova Scotia Hospitals

A recently published multicenter cohort study of 655 inpatient adults from five Nova Scotia's hospitals shows that an average of only 55% were screened for malnutrition using a validated screening tool (CNST).

While malnutrition is being under diagnosed, implementing CMTF’s INPAC Pathway resulted in more diagnoses of malnutrition, more dietitian referrals and higher rates of Subjective Global Assessment.

Full article is available for free here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667268525000075?via=ihub

Thanks to co-authors Tina Strickland Nova Scotia Health, Heather Keller Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, University of Waterloo & Brenda MacDonald Nova Scotia Health for advancing the work of CMTF and illuminating current nutrition screening practices!

03/28/2025

CMTF founding member receives CNS award

Congratulations to Manon Laporte RD, MSc, CNSC from Réseau de santé Vitalité • Vitalité Health Network, New Brunswick on receiving the 2025 Canadian Nutrition Society - Societe canadienne de nutrition Allied Health Award in Nutrition Care!

Manon has been an integral member of the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force for the last 15 years, continues to make significant contributions to CMTF research, education, advocacy and is a leader of change.

To read about Manon's accomplishments, see here https://cns-scn.ca/awards/awards-and-recognitions/2025-award-recipients

03/19/2025

Happy Dietitians Day!
Thank you to all the dietitians that help us tackle malnutrition, promote and advocate for better nutrition across Canada.

Registered Dietitians have been the backbone of our work and in our recent whitepaper, we recommend that the Government of Canada ensure that future health workforce strategies focus on integrating registered dietitians in every province and territory throughout the healthcare system. See here:https://nutritioncareincanada.ca/sites/default/uploads/files/Whitepaper/CMTF-CNS_Whitepaper3Oct2024-ENG.pdf

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