New challenges have arisen in the area of nutrition care in hospitals due to the recent outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic. It is most likely that the proportion of patients requiring respiratory support will increase and therefore, so will the proportion of patients needing specialized feeds, enteral, and parenteral nutrition.

This report integrates specific recommendations for ICDA into the sister report: Building Common Ground for Sustainable Food Systems in Nutrition and Dietetics: Final Report to Participants. It contains the collective, professional expertise of nutrition and dietetics professionals from member associations around the world. The value of this type of knowledge cannot be understated. While scholars of may disciplines grapple with what must be done to achieve sustainable food systems, the practical expertise this profession offers valuable knowledge about how we can do it.