LATE BREAKING ABSTRACTS

• Late breaking abstracts may be accepted from 16 May until 11 June 2024, 23:59 CEST with a non-refundable fee of EUR 100 that has to be paid upon submission. The fee is applicable whether the abstract is accepted or not.

• Late breaking abstracts will only be presented as posters.

• Late breaking abstracts are also published in the Supplement of Clinical Nutrition.

Submission Process

• 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 Scientific Committee.
• A paper should not be submitted to the 46^th 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 online abstract submission system before preparing your abstract.
• The creation of a user account is required for the submission of an abstract and for registration. 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 (8 April 2024, 23:59 CEST). 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 assessment
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Macronutrients metabolism
  • Neuroendocrine and immune systems
  • Micronutrients
  • Critical care
  • Liver and gastrointestinal tract
  • Nutrition and chronic disease
  • Obesity and the metabolic syndrome
  • Nutrition and cancer
  • Paediatrics
  • Nutritional intervention studies
  • Geriatrics
  • Perioperative care

For standardisation, the acceptable length of the abstract is of 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 overgeneralisation.

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 online abstract form, provide the requested details for all authors.