Elisabet Rothenberg Dr Rothenberg is a registered dietitian and defended her PhD thesis in 1997. She has been working as chief dietitian at Sahlgrenska University Hospital 1997 - 2010. The thesis concerned energy and nutrient intake, food habits and energy expenditure in 70-year olds in Gothenburg. Her special interest is dietary intake and body composition in ageing. Dr Rothenberg has cooperated with The Food and Bioscience unit (The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology) in several projects aiming to develop texture modified foods. Dr Rothenberg has also working clinically with disease related malnutrition in nursing homes. Currently Dr Rothenberg has a position as assistant professor at Kristianstad University at department of Food and Meal Science. Dr Rothenberg is responsible for the part of the education within food and meal sciene concerning nutrition and health. Dr Rothenberg has an affiliation at The Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. She is involved in the ongoing data collection of a new 70-year-old cohort in the H70 study (gerontological and geriatric populations studies – H70) in Gothenburg as a senior researcher studying energy and nutrient intake, food habits nutritional status and body composition from longitudinal and cross sectional perspectives. She is also involved in a research project “Active Ageing - Personalised food and meal solutions for health and quality of life” financed by VINNOVA Sweden’s innovation agency with the mission is to promote sustainable growth by improving the conditions for innovation, as well as funding needs-driven research. The aims are to identify target groups along with their needs and desires, design foods and meals adapted to the elderly´s needs and preferences. Further, serving and packaging of the meals. The project intends to create value chains for different types of distribution of the foods and meals as well as to include waste management, further demonstration of the entire chain from consumer preferences to waste. Dr Rothenberg is involved in a study on the knowledge of malnutrition, starvation, cachexia and sarcopenia, and use of terminology accordingly among dietitians in selected European countries and in the ESPEN Guideline Consensus work of terminology. Dr Rothenberg is co-author to several text books in the area of health, disease and nutrition and a frequently hired lecturer. Dr Rothenberg has an extensive experience of involvement in guideline committees and in education activities on different academically levels and also for professionals with in the field of malnutrition.