Consensus Recommendations

These documents answer questions for which the level of evidence in the literature did not support any GRADE-level recommendations. These documents address questions about a nutrition practice topic using weaker supporting literature and expert opinion and consensus recommendations as well as identify areas for future research. These recommendations are not clinical guidelines as defined by ASPEN The need to deliver practice information to clinicians, even when it is of a consensus nature from practice experts, remains an important role of ASPEN.   

Consensus Recommendations for Optimizing Electronic Health Records for Nutrition Care. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2019

Malnutrition

Nutritional care is a human right: Translating principles to clinical practice. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2022

Guidance for assessment of the muscle mass phenotypic criterion for the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition diagnosis of malnutritionJPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2022

Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM): Guidance on Validation of the Operational Criteria for the Diagnosis of Protein‐Energy Malnutrition in Adults. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2020

GLIM Criteria for the Diagnosis of Malnutrition: A Consensus Report From the Global Clinical Nutrition Community. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2018. 

Consensus Statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Indicators Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Pediatric Malnutrition (Undernutrition) NCP 2015, Vol 30, Issue 1, pp. 147-161

White J, Guenter P, Jensen G, Malone A, Schofield M. Consensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Characteristics recommended for the identification and documentation of adult malnutrition (undernutrition)JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012; 36: 275-283.

Parenteral Nutrition




ASPEN Consensus Recommendations for Refeeding Syndrome NCP 2020, Vol 35, Issue 2, pp. 178-195


When Is Parenteral Nutrition Appropriate? JPEN 2017, Vol 41, Issue 3, pp. 324-377



PN Safety Consensus Recommendations
 JPEN 2014, Vol 38, Issue 3, pp. 296-333

Enteral Nutrition

Blenderized Tube Feedings: Practice Recommendations From the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition NCP 2023

When is enteral nutrition indicated? JPEN 2022

ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy JPEN 2017, Vol 41, Issue 1, pp. 15-103