ASPEN’s Malnutrition Awareness Week™ (MAW) returns September 14–18, 2026, with live webinars focused on improving nutrition care across patient populations and care settings.
This year’s theme, Nutrition Care Is a Team Effort, recognizes the essential role of the entire healthcare team in identifying, diagnosing, and treating malnutrition. Hundreds of organizations from around the world are participating as MAW Ambassadors to raise awareness and share educational resources.
ASPEN’s five accredited MAW webinars are free for ASPEN members and MAW Ambassadors. Space is limited, so register early.
View the MAW webinar schedule and register.
Accredited Malnutrition Webinars
- September 14, 12:00–1:30 PM ET: A Pediatric Perspective to the Malnutrition Care Score (MCS)
1.5 credit hours. Supported in part by Mead Johnson Nutrition Institute - September 15, 12:00–1:30 PM ET: Post-ICU Syndrome (PICS) and Nutrition: From Survival to Recovery
1.5 credit hours. Supported in part by B. Braun/CAPS. - September 16, 12:00–1:00 PM: From Prehab to Post-op: How Multimodal Prehabilitation Programs Can Improve Surgical Outcomes
1.0 credit hour. Supported in part by Kate Farms. - September 17, 12:00–1:30 PM ET: Managing Malnutrition and Muscle Wasting in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to Improve Patient Outcomes
1.5 credit hours - September 18, 12:00–1:30 PM ET: Starving for Success: Identifying and Mitigating Malnutrition with Emerging Obesity Medications
1.5 credit hours. Supported in part by Fresenius Kabi.
Continuing education credit is available only for live attendance. Those who cannot attend live are encouraged to register to receive access to the recording. ASPEN provides continuing education credit for dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians.
Additional ASPEN Malnutrition Events
- September 8, 3:00–4:00 PM ET: Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition: A Key Tool in the Nutrition Regimen. Supported by Fresenius Kabi.
- September 16, 4:00–5:00 PM ET: Accuracy Matters: Mastering Infant Anthropometrics to Manage Faltering Weight. Supported by Nutricia.
- September 17, 5:00–6:00 PM ET: Nutrición y Cáncer: Del Diagnóstico a la Supervivencia, presented in Spanish by ASPEN’s Ibero-Latin American Section.
- September 22, 12:00–1:15 PM ET: Malnutrition and Sarcopenia: What’s New and Practical, a free joint webinar presented by ASPEN, the Canadian Nutrition Society, and the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force.
Access New Malnutrition Resources
ASPEN has expanded its extensive library with new malnutrition practice tools, podcasts, and videos for healthcare professionals and patients. Topics include inflammatory bowel disease, chronic kidney disease, supplemental parenteral nutrition (PN), PN in obesity, sarcopenia, artificial intelligence, anthropometric assessment, and more!
Access the new 2026 malnutrition resources and share them with your colleagues, patients, and community.
Join ASPEN in Raising Malnutrition Awareness
Join ASPEN and hundreds of MAW Ambassador organizations in raising awareness of malnutrition and advancing team-based nutrition care. Register for 2026 Malnutrition Awareness Week webinars.