Welcome to the Nutrition Interest Group page!

Renal dietitians are important key players in the treatment of kidney disease by contributing to improving nutritional status, disease management and consequently impacting on morbidity and mortality. Kidney failure is a unique clinical condition in that nutritional therapy allows good control of several consequences of the disease and consequently has the same clinical relevance as other types of medical therapies. Therefore, a nutrition interest group is an essential team in any renal multi-professional organisation.

The Nutrition IG was established in 1986 led by Marianne Vennegoor. The group was formed to promote nutrition and dietetic intervention in renal therapy. It is a small group, due to financial constraints, but we encourage the participation of dietitians and nutrition advisors through collaborative work with our projects.

The aims of the Nutrition Interest Group are:

• To raise EDTNA/ERCA profile as a centre of excellence for the update and knowledge improvement in renal nutrition
• To promote dietitians/nutrition advisors involvement in research by establishing multi-centre collaborative work in key areas where there is a lack of standards
• To develop E-learning renal nutrition courses/tutorials for dietitians/nutrition advisors in collaboration with the Research and Education Boards.
• To produce on-line renal nutrition resources and guidelines for the provision of a high quality practice

To review the list of publications and resources developed by the Nutrition Interest Group click here.

To review the list of Nutrition Interest Group Members (including pictures and bios) please visit the Leadership Directory.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the Nutrition Interest Group please contact Ione Ashurst.