“Passionate about evidence based medical nutrition as a core pillar of patient care”
Dr. Rebecca Stratton is a Dietitian and Nutritional Scientist who has been working in medical nutrition research for over 25 years and is a leading researcher in the field of malnutrition and nutrition support.
PENSA 2025, Singapore
One of the conclusions of my first lecture in PENSA 2025 Singapore is that 'Nutritional support, including the use of oral nutritional supplements, needs to be embedded into clinical practice. Pathways of care are needed to enable 'non-nutrition expert' clinicians to identify malnutrition & use nutritional support appropriately'. It was also super to give a plenary lecture on the UK’s progress on malnutrition.
Listening to many other experts at PENSA, I remain amazed at the power of nutritional support to make a difference to patients' lives - so much evidence, so many guidelines... but still a job to be done to make sure medical nutrition is fully integrated into everyday practice.
BAPEN 2025, Wales
What is the future of malnutrition screening? A thought-provoking subject for my recent talk at BAPEN UK Conference in Wales.
With time & resource constraints & growing demand in healthcare, we MUST keep malnutrition screening simple, harness technology & AI, empower everyone to be aware & to take action.
Ultimately, a future is one in which all patients identified with malnutrition who need dietetic intervention & medical nutrition are not rationed or denied it but receive what they need, when they need it to the benefit of their lives & others.
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Conferences / Presentations
Together with Profs Bauer, van Loon, Jack Bell & Maria Soto-Martin, it was great to speak about the important role & evidence for the diet, protein & timely medical nutrition for the nutritional management of frailty and importantly:
Focus on implementation of evidence & guidelines for older people
To screen, treat, monitor, keeping it simple, pragmatic, effective
To empower others to act & embed in pathways of care to prevent & treat.
Frailty Expert Day, Netherlands
Food for Health Science Conference & Exp0, Boao, China.
I was very proud to be invited to speak at the Food for Health Science Conference & Expo in China about the importance of tackling malnutrition in those with cancer & sharing how dietetic support & medical nutrition plays a vital part when integrated into cancer care to help improve patient outcomes.
It was also lovely to meet so many new people working across disciplines, passionate about the difference food for special medical purposes & nutrition can make to the outcome of those with many different diseases & conditions.
EuGMS 2025, Iceland
It’s always a privilege to talk about evidence & the difference medical nutrition can make in older frail people at risk of malnutrition. Even greater to share this at EuGMS 2025 to drive the change in practice we need together with geriatricians.
Thanks to my fellow speakers Tommy Cederholm & Prof Rainer Wirth for emphasizing the importance of nutritional screening, assessment & early targeted intervention in geriatric practice.
ESPEN 2025, Prague
Thanks to all the health care professionals who participated 😊
Great to present our national malnutrition surveys at ESPEN 2025 which highlighted:
The continued high prevalence of disease related malnutrition in Britain across settings & patient groups over 4 years of surveys
The ongoing need to make sure the right nutritional care medical nutrition dietitian follows screening MUST, fully integrated into clinical practice so we can improve outcomes cost effectively.
