Malnutrition Awareness Week 2026
Malnutrition Awareness Week™ (MAW) is an educational campaign founded in 2012 by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) to address the important issue of malnutrition in healthcare, especially among hospitalized patients. The campaign’s success has elevated malnutrition as a global health priority and inspired other organizations to initiate similar
awareness efforts.
Supported by organization ambassadors, corporate sponsors, and collaboration with like-minded societies, MAW has extended its reach worldwide, engaging millions of healthcare professionals, policymakers, patients, and caregivers.
Each year, ASPEN hosts a week of educational webinars and provides complimentary clinical tools and patient resources to help identify, treat, and prevent malnutrition. These materials, as well as information on how to become an organization ambassador, are available at nutritioncare.org/MAW.
About ASPEN
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is dedicated to improving patient care by advancing the science and practice of nutrition support therapy and metabolism. Founded in 1976, ASPEN is an interdisciplinary organization whose members are involved in the provision of clinical nutrition therapies, including parenteral and enteral nutrition. With members from around the world, ASPEN is a community of dietitians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physicians, PAs, researchers, scientists, and students from every facet of nutrition support clinical practice, research, and education. For more information about ASPEN, please visit nutritioncare.org.
