The situation is concerning, especially as studies conducted by the National Health Service (SNS) hospitals indicate that “30% to 50% of hospitalised patients are at nutritional risk”. This was confirmed to DN by Aníbal Marinho, president of the Portuguese Association of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (APNEP), which endorses a document with “10 Recommendations for Clinical Nutrition” to be released on Wednesday, the 5th, at the Strategic Forum on Clinical Nutrition in Lisbon. According to Marinho, this document represents the first coordinated strategic nutritional plan aimed at raising awareness among politicians, government officials, professionals, and society about the issue of clinical nutrition, or rather, malnutrition. The document is supported by six entities, including the Portuguese Society of Oncology and the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine, highlighting a concerted concern in the sector. The timing of the document's release coincides with the one-year anniversary of a significant achievement in this area, the Portaria n.º 82/2025/1, which defined the co-payment for enteral nutrition. However, the document also aims to alert that while legislative achievements are important, practical integration of Clinical Nutrition in the SNS remains incomplete. Nutritional screening is not uniformly implemented across hospitals and primary care, and barriers persist that hinder the fight against malnutrition in hospitalised patients. Marinho emphasises the need to show that malnutrition is a societal issue, not just one for APNEP or other associations. He recalls that since 2016, initiatives in clinical nutrition have been ongoing, with some successes, but more needs to be done. The strategic plan includes ten recommendations aimed at expanding systematic nutritional risk screening and ensuring continuous training for multidisciplinary teams, among other goals, to improve the management of malnutrition in the healthcare system.