20th International EuGMS Congress-Valencia (2024)

Representatives of the APPETITE team from Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands hosted a symposium at the 20th EuGMS congress in Valencia, Spain.

Poor appetite in older adults: its measurement and impact on nutritional status

Chaired by Dorothee Volkert (Germany), Lorenzo Donini (Italy)

Comparison of appetite assessment methods in older adults from the APPETITE Study (Dorothee Volkert; Germany)
Poor appetite as a screener for incident malnutrition (Marjolein Visser; Netherlands)
Association of body composition with appetite and energy intake in older adults (Katy Horner; Ireland)

The Development of Targeted Nutrition for Prevention of Undernutrition for Older Adults (PREVNUT) Meeting, Dijon, France (2024):

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The six PREVNUT projects funded under the Joint Programming Initiative, a Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life were invited to present their projects and discuss future initiatives at a meeting in the Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Dijon, France in November 2024.

The six projects are: AMBROSIA, APPETITE, CHOKO-AGE, EAT4AGE, FORTIPHY and PROMED-COG.

The APPETITE partners presented on their project Innovative plAnt Protein fibre and Physical activity solutions to address poor appEtite and prevenT undernutrITion in oldEr adults

Professor Dorothee Volkert; Germany provided an overview of the APPETITE project with specific focus on WP1.1, WP1.2, WP2.1, WP2.2
Dr Dominique Dardevet; France presented on WP3: Mechanistic Insights into the Absorption and Availability of Plant Proteins
Dr Katy Horner; Ireland gave a comprehensive presentation on results from WP4: Randomised controlled multi-centre intervention trial (RCT) with specific focus on the acceptability and feasibility of incorporating plant protein fibre into the diets of older adults and the learnings from the RCT.

Plant-Based Proteins and Fibre: Optimising Nutrition for Healthy Ageing Workshop

The Plant-Based Proteins and Fibre: Optimising Nutrition for Healthy Ageing workshop, held on 5th November 2024, was a successful online event attended by participants from across the world. The APPETITE team presented on ‘Protein and Fibre-Relevance for Healthy Ageing’, ‘Understanding Appetite Loss in Older Adults’, ‘Plant Protein Blending-Overcoming Single Ingredient Limitations’, ‘Amino Acid Bioavailability from Plant Proteins’ and the ‘Acceptability and Feasibility of Plant Protein Fibre for Older Adults: Findings from the APPETITE Multi-centre Trial’. The presentations were followed by an interactive Q&A session. The workshop provided insightful information on nutrition strategies of relevance to appetite that can enhance health outcomes as we age.

19th International EuGMS Congress-Helsinki (2023)

Representatives of the APPETITE team from Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands hosted a symposium at the 19th EuGMS congress in Helsinki, Finland.

Anorexia of ageing-new evidence and approaches

Chaired by Dorothee Volkert (Germany), Marjolein Visser (Netherlands)

Dietary characteristics of community-dwelling older adults with poor appetite (Dorothee Volkert for Pia Scheufele; Germany)
Studying the associations between sleep quality, mood, pain and appetite in community-dwelling older adults using diary data: a daily experience study (Hanneke Wijnhoven; Netherlands)
Innovative lifestyle interventions to address poor appetite in older adults (Anna Quinn; Ireland)

ICFSR 2022 - International conference on frailty & sarcopenia research

Representatives of the APPETITE team from Germany, France, & the Netherlands were all in attendance at the ICFSR conference in Boston.

Online symposium: Improving protein intake of older adults: Metabolic aspects and impact on appetite and physcial functioning.

Moderator: Marjolein Visser (Netherlands)

Optimization of protein intake in the elderly beyond the amino acid composition: What is the positition of plant proteins and under what conditions? (Dominique Dardevet; France)
Innovative plant protein fibre and physical activity solutions to adress poor appetite and prevent undernutrition in older adults: the APPEITITE project. (Dorothee Volkert; Germany)
The effectiveness of personalised dietary advice to increase protein intakeon change in physical functioning in community-dwellign older adults. (Marjolein Visser; Netherlands)

18th international EuGMS Congress - London

Representatives of the APPETITE team from Germany, Ireland, and the UK were all in attendance at the 18th EuGMS congress in London, United Kingdom.

update anorexia: where do we stand?

Chairs: Dorothee Volkert (Germany), Katy Horner (Ireland)

Anorexia - Why does it matter? Causes and Consequences (Natalie Cox; UK)
Screening and assessment of poor appetite (Clare Corish; Ireland)
Innovative treatment approaches - the role of plant protein and dietary fibre (Dorothee Volkert; Germany).

ESPEN CONGRESS - VIENNA

Representatives of the APPETITE team from Germany, Ireland, France, and the UK were all in attendance at the 44th ESPEN congress in Vienna, Austria.

We were very proud to be the very first symposium to present at the 44th ESPEN congress. This was made all the more exciting being the first time the ESPEN congress returns to in-person meetings post Covid-19.

We had a series of very exciting and well attended presentations, updating shareholders on the progress of the APPETITE study to date.

Key conclusions from APPETITE year 1:

WP1:

Appetite loss is complex
4 of 5 characteristics of poor appetite are modifiable
Older adults with poor appetite have a positive attitude to a protein powder

WP2:

‘Sweet’ PPF powders more acceptable
May limit their use in recipes

WP3:

Decrease in plant protein sulphur-containing amino acid arterial bioavailability, independent of intake: methionine key EAA