The American Nutrition Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable

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established to encourage the scientific investigation of

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient ...

and

metabolism Metabolism (, from el, μεταβολή ''metabolē'', "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main functions of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cell ...

. The ANA publishes the ''Journal of the American Nutrition Association'' and hosts scientific conferences in the US and in Europe. Previously known as the American College of Nutrition, in 2019 together with the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists, the Center for Nutrition Advocacy, and the American Nutrition Association Foundation, affiliated together as the American Nutrition Association. The four organizations remain legally independent entities but share a single website together.

History

The American College of Nutrition was founded in 1959 with the stated purpose of enhancing nutrition and metabolism knowledge among

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and professionals from all disciplines with a common interest in nutrition, and to promote the application of such knowledge to the maintenance of

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

and treatment of

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Merge proposal

In October 2010, the American College of Nutrition and

American Society for Nutrition The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) is an American society for professional researchers and practitioners in the field of nutrition. ASN publishes four journals in the field of nutrition. It has been criticized for its financial ties to the ...

proposed to merge.

Structure

The ANA is governed by a member-elected Board of Directors and the current CEO of ANA is Michael Stroka, JD, MBA, MS, CNS, LDN. The organization also has several advisory components which include a Scientific Advisory Board, Strategic Advisory Board, Ketogenic Nutrition Training Program Development Team, and a Nutritional Genomics Advisory Panel.

European Chapter

The European chapter of the American Nutrition Association was established in 2001. In 2011 the ANA said that its European chapter had hosted eight scientific conferences.

Membership

Members of the American Nutrition Association are clinicians,

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s and

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, and international

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s. Categories of membership include Professional Member, Student Member, Professional Associate, and Nutrition Enthusiast.

Publications

The ''Journal of the American Nutrition Association'' (''JANA'') is a peer-reviewed journal published eight times a year by ANA. It has an

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of 3.571 as of 2021. The ''JANA'' includes: *Original and innovative research in nutrition with useful application for researchers, physicians, and other healthcare professionals *Critical reviews on pertinent nutrition topics that highlight key teaching points and relevance to nutrition *Letters to the editors and commentaries on important issues in the field of nutrition *Abstracts on nutritional topics with editorial comments *Book reviews *Abstracts from the annual meeting of the American Nutrition Association (in the October issue) The ''JANA'' is abstracted or indexed in

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, Research Alert,

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and

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Taylor Wallace Taylor C. Wallace is an American food and nutrition scientist and media personality. Wallace is the principal consultant at the ''Think Healthy Group'' and an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food studies at George Mason U ...

was on the editorial board

Failure to disclose ties

According to the ''Integrity in Science'' project, the ''Journal of the American College of Nutrition'', now the ''Journal of the American Nutrition Association'', failed to disclose the ties of the editor and authors of their June 2006 supplement on

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to the food industry. The Editor in Chief subsequently published a letter in the journal noting the ambiguity in the conflict of interest disclosure process then in place and a new documentation procedure was put in place to remedy this.

Activities

Recipient Annual ACN Award The American College of Nutrition 2002

Annual Nutrition Science Conferences

Through 2021 the organization had held 62 annual scientific conferences.

Corporate funding

The organization accepted funding from for-profit corporations until 2011. In 2011 the policy was updated: "The American College of Nutrition accepts no funding from for-profit corporations. This policy fosters our mission and our ability to advance unbiased science without compromise."

References

External links

Official website
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Journal of the American Nutrition Association
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