2026 03 16 - Nutrition and Dietetics Clinical Reference Group
Date
Mar 16, 2026
Attendees
@Ahlam Badreldin El Shikieri (Unlicensed) x
@Angela Vivanti (Unlicensed)x
@Angélique Meier (Unlicensed) x
@cpapoutsakis@eatright.org x
@Elisabet Rothenberg
@Luise Person Kopp
@Lyn Lloyd (Unlicensed)
@Elaine Wooler x
@Erica Culp
@Hui Jun Chew x
@John Snyder x
@Nathan Billing (Unlicensed)
@William Swan (Unlicensed) x
@Ylva Orrevall (Unlicensed)
@Alejandro Lopez Osornio
@Rebecca Niitzel (Unlicensed) x
@sissi stove lorentzen x
@mashafa
@pauladiaque x
Attendees are marked with an X
Apologies
Objectives
Discussion items
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1 | Welcome/Roll Call ABOUT THE CURRENT MTG ON MARCH 16th: PLEASE NOTE IN THE US, DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS IN EFFECT. SO, FOR MANY OF YOU WHO LIVE IN COUNTRIES WHERE TIME IS STILL THE SAME, THE MTG WILL HAPPEN AN HOUR EARLIER THAN IT NORMALLY DOES.
Reminder: calls are recorded
Go here: https://forums.snomed.org/t/october-2025-business-meetings-videos-and-presentations/707 ALSO: A new interactive SNOMED CT YouTube Video Search is available to all, no sign in required.
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20251020T190000&p1=64&p2=136
Important updates and orientation on Confluence SNOMED Spaces Forums (Discussions) https://forums.snomed.org/ Library (this is where the implementation guide is) https://docs.snomed.org/
ANNOUNCEMENTS -SNOMED BUSINESS mtg in Vienna, April 12-16, 2026 (Hybrid event) To register go here -2026 SNOMED Conference in Sydney, Australia, October 21-23, 2026. Abstract call is open. For more go here -Informational briefing note on Central Obesity is out for comment in the forum , hierarchy will be released with May 2026 release (2 mo notice to community is required for early visibility) -Briefing note on dietary findings for open comment forthcoming -Refset on schedule, to be released by Apr 1, 2026 -Implementation Guide under review for 2026 revision. Download button (for the complete IG in pdf format) was added in the front page All can add comments to the IG by going here Please disseminate widely for input on how to improve the IG. | C. Papoutsakis |
| The group will meet again on May 11, 2026 @ 2:00 PM Chicago time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20251020T190000&p1=64&p2=136
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2 | Agenda review and approval of minutes | C. Papoutsakis |
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3 | Body Mass Index (BMI) findings Please review prior to mtg the body mass index findings spreadsheet Action @Elaine Wooler To post on forum questions for the group to support the review and revision of the BMI findings subhierarchy Action call for volunteers to provide as a small group input on how to reorganize this area | E. Wooler |
| Initial input is in the direction to have BMI as a stand-alone without interpretation words like overweight and obesity. For example in Asian populations the cut offs are different. A call for volunteer experts was made for this project.
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4 | Additional malnutrition concepts, included in 2026 March release (procedure concepts for additional established/validated nutrition assessment tools such as SGA, PtG-SGA, MNA (long and short)):
| E. Wooler |
| Group would like to cross check the name for the MNA long version. Please email Elaine if you find something that needs updating. |
5 | NLM (National Library of Medicine) Request for Feedback from the Nutrition and Dietetics CRG From: John Snyder SNOMED International (SI) recently purposed reactivating the “Deficiency of (attribute)” concept to be used in modeling physiological disorders. The initial round of feedback resulted in a rework of the proposal because there was no symmetrical attribute to represent disorders caused by an excess of a substance or cell type in the body. SI has reworked the proposal and sent it back out for additional review and feedback. This change would make a clear distinction between evaluation measurement results, which are modeled using Interprets / Has interpretation attributes, and physiological disorders caused by a deficiency or excess of <X>.
The addition of these attributes may potentially have a significant impact on the modeling and classification of nutrition related disorders.
CRG is in support of the above proposal. No authoring has occurred as of yet. | J. Snyder/E.Wooler |
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6 | Future Projects-Reminder The future projects spreadsheet that also functions are our workplan After review of projects, Group agreed to continue with the macronutrients project as relevant to the previous agenda item as well. | E. Wooler C. Papoutsakis |
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7 | Adjournment//New business
| C. Papoutsakis |
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Upcoming meeting: The group will meet again on May 11, 2026 @ 2:00 PM Chicago time
April 2026 mtg will not be held! https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20251020T190000&p1=64&p2=136
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