Call for Abstracts

• Delegates, who would like to present their work at the Congress, either orally or as a poster, are invited to submit an abstract for consideration by the Abstract Grading Committee.
• A paper should not be submitted to the 43^rd ESPEN Congress if it has already been presented internationally.
• Abstract submission is only possible via the online abstract submission form.
• Please read carefully all the instructions available on the Internet and on the on-line abstract submission system before preparing your abstract.
• The creation of a user account is required for the submission of an abstract. The account only needs to be created once and can be re-used for future abstract submission and registration to the conference. Submitters from last year’s meeting should use their existing account details.
• Abstracts can be saved in “Draft status” to be re-edited and modified until the submission deadline (19 May 2021, Midnight CET). Abstracts cannot be edited after the submission deadline.
• Abstracts fulfilling all criteria can be saved in “Final submission” status. Only abstracts in “Final submission” status will be considered for the Congress.
• Abstracts are accepted on a wide range of topics in clinical nutrition and metabolism. The submitter has to select the right topic for the abstract on the submission form. Available topics are:
  • • Nutritional epidemiology
    • Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
    • Protein and amino acid metabolism
    • Hormones, mediators and immunity
    • Vitamins, antioxidants and minerals
    • Critical Care
    • Liver and gastrointestinal tract
    • Nutrition and chronic diseases
    • Obesity and the metabolic syndrome
    • Nutrition and cancer
    • Paediatrics
    • Nutritional techniques and formulations
    • Geriatrics
    • Qualitative design studies
    • Perioperative care

For standardisation, the acceptable length of the abstract is not more than 2’000 printable characters (title included). This includes non-visible characters, such as spaces and line breaks. Authors’ details and conflict of interest are not included.

Please refer to the word count of the system as slight differences may occur when counting with WORD or similar programmes.

The abstract needs to be structured as follows:

• Rationale: This section should contain 1-2 sentences that clearly indicate the scientific question of the study and its clinical (or other) importance.
• Methods: This section should contain sufficient information to be able to understand the experimental design, the analytical techniques and the statistics used in the study.
• Results: This section should contain objective data to answer the scientific question(s).
• Conclusions: This section should provide only conclusions of the study directly supported by the results, along with implications for clinical practice, avoiding speculation and over generalisation.

One table can be included, but the total number of cells (columns + rows) may not exceed 16. Please note that tables may significantly reduce the number of the remaining allowed characters.

A paper cannot be accepted if the conflict of interest disclosure is not signed. On the on-line abstract form, provide the requested details for all authors.