The American Society for Nutrition is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together the world’s top researchers, clinical nutritionists and industry to advance their knowledge and application of nutrition for the sake of humans and animals. Their focus ranges from the most critical details of research and application to the broadest applications in society, in the United States and around the world. Through excellence in nutrition research and practice, ASN’s members enhance scientific knowledge and quality of life.

The Society supports its members and fulfills its mission by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition; providing opportunities for sharing, disseminating, and archiving peer-reviewed nutrition research results; fostering quality education and training in nutrition; upholding standards for ethical behavior in research, the protection of human subjects, and the care and treatment of research animals; providing opportunities for fellowship and support among nutritionists;
and bringing scientific knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain.

Their mission is to develop and extend knowledge of nutrition of all species through fundamental, multidisciplinary, and clinical research; facilitate contact among investigators in nutrition, medicine and related fields of interest; support the dissemination and application of nutrition science to improve public health and clinical practice worldwide; promote graduate education and training of physicians in nutrition; provide reliable nutrition information to those who need it, and advocate for nutrition research and its application to development and implementation of policies and practices related to nutrition.

For more information, please visit http://www.nutrition.org