Advocate for evidence-based practices and policies to address malnutrition

The Collectif de lutte contre la dénutrition (CLD) is committed to advocating for evidence-based practices and policies to address malnutrition in all its forms, including Disease Related Malnutrition (DRM).

The CLD will achieve this through the National Alliance with the engagement of various stakeholders including health organisations, academia, civil society, agri-food and industry. To this end, CLD develops tools to support different professionals to create synergies at the local level to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition.

Every year in November, the CLD organises a national week to combat malnutrition, which brings the disease to the attention of the media throughout France, in metropolitan France and overseas. Its legitimacy now allows it to contribute to French public policies on nutrition, such as the French Ministry of Health's "Programme National Nutrition Santé".

Its long-term collaboration with the French Ministry of Health and Solidarity, social security funds and civil society organisations, as well as with thousands of professionals from various sectors (health, social services for the elderly and people with disabilities, collective catering, gastronomy, silver economy, etc.), has enabled it to build a unique alliance around the fight against malnutrition and DRM.