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April 23, 2025

Pediatric Malnutrition presentation at ASPEN 2025

CMTF's Jessie Hulst MD, PhD & Jill Owens Registered Dietitian generated a lot of interest during their March 23 ASPEN session on Tackling Malnutrition in Hospitalized Children Using an Interprofessional Nutrition Care Pathway, see details HERE.

April 16, 2025

CMTF Advisory Member first Canadian dietitian to receive Stanley J. Dudrick Award!

We congratulate Carla Prado, PhD, RD, FCAHS on receiving this prestigious ASPEN award that recognizes a mid-career investigator with significant accomplishments in nutrition support research! Read more

April 2, 2025

Nova Scotia Hospitals study shows gaps in Nutrition Screening for Malnutrition

In a new study of 655 patients from 5 hospital wards across Nova Scotia, nutrition screening at admission was done in 55% patients only. Implementing CMTF’s INPAC Pathway resulted in more dietitian referrals, higher SGA rates and more malnutrition diagnoses. Xu Y et al Clin Nut Open Sci 2025

March 26, 2025

Nutrition International receives historic Canadian investment for global malnutrition

Canada recently invested 0.6 million over 2025-2031 to Nutrition International to support global efforts to eliminate malnutrition in low & middle income countries, see here.
CMTF reached out to Federal Ministers to congratulate them and to draw their attention to the serious issue of malnutriution in Canada.

Upcoming Events



Food for Health Workshop: Optimizing protein quality: Balancing plant and animal sources for health and sustainability
Food for Health
May 8, 2025 2025-05-08 2025-05-08 Food for Health Workshop: Optimizing protein quality: Balancing plant and animal sources for health and sustainability N.A. America/New_York


CNS 2025 Annual Conference - Montréal, QC
Conferences
May 8 - 10, 2025 2025-05-08 2025-05-10 CNS 2025 Annual Conference - Montréal, QC N.A. America/New_York


23rd International Congress of Nutrition of IUNS (IUNS-ICN 2025)
Community Events
August 24 - 29, 2025 2025-08-24 2025-08-29 23rd International Congress of Nutrition of IUNS (IUNS-ICN 2025) N.A. America/New_York


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