Nutrition and Metabolism Research Paper Session: Malnutrition and Nutrition Assessment (SU34)

Paper Session

Date & Time:

February 15, 2026

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-020-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

Today’s medical environment demands evidence-based practice, replicable results, and improved patient outcomes. Our abstract authors conduct research to help meet these challenges and provide breakthroughs in our knowledge and in our patient care. These sessions are dedicated to presentations of high-ranking abstracts. Abstracts are presented by topic, so you can explore cutting edge research on issues that interest you. The abstracts will also be published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN), making them part of the body of evidence available to guide your clinical care.

Topics & Presenters

Underrecognized Low Muscle Stores by NFPE: A Retrospective CT-Based Body Composition Analysis

Amanda Bode
MC, RD, CSO, LD

Registered Dietitian

CCF

Mansfield, OH

Impact of a Rehabilitation Program Combining Adapted Physical Activity, Nutritional Intervention, and Therapeutic Education on the Quality of Life of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Francisca Joly
MD, PhD

Professor of Nutrition

Gastroenterologist, Hôpital Beaujon

Clichy, Ile-de-France, France

From CT Images to Calories: Two Key Answers for Nutrition Assessment Obtained Through a Single Test

Fiorella X. Palmas
MD, PhD

Endocrinologist

Nutrition Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital

Barcelona, Spain

Phase Angle as a Biomarker of Malnutrition and its Association With Adverse Events in Oncology Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

Thais Steemburgo
RD, PhD

Professor

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Sarcopenia Index as a Predictor of Length of Stay in Trauma ICU Patients

Trevor Sytsma
MD

PGY-1 Anesthesiology Resident

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

The High Burden of Inadequate Nutritional Intake, Sarcopenia, and Low-Phase Angle in Hemodialysis Patients in a Public Health System in Latin America

Otilda M. Valderrama
MD

General Surgeon

Hospital Santo Tomás

Panama

Moderators:

Vanessa Fuch Tarlovsky

MD, PhD, RD

Director and Researcher

Hospital General de México

Mexico City, Mexico
Gabriela deOliveira Lemos

Gabriela de Oliveira Lemos

MD

Dr/PhD Candidate

University of São Paulo School of Medicine - Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Surgery of the Digestive System (LIM 35)

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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