Table 1.
Advances in Rehabilitation Nutrition 2.0 (2017–2025).
| Medical fees | Additional fees for rehabilitation-nutrition–oral management coordination systems in acute care wards, placement of registered dietitians in convalescent rehabilitation wards, establishment of community-based integrated care wards, and rehabilitation-nutrition–oral management coordination fees in community-based integrated care wards. |
| Long-term care fees | Strengthened requirements for nutrition and oral management under the rehabilitation management fee. |
| Academic foundation | Hosting academic conferences by the Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Nutrition, publishing academic journals, establishing the Rehabilitation Nutrition Specialist certification system, developing Rehabilitation Nutrition Clinical Practice Guidelines (5), and creating position papers, etc. |
| Interdisciplinary collaboration | Joint position papers on sarcopenia and dysphagia (6) and respiratory sarcopenia (7) by four societies and joint sessions with other societies at academic conferences |