American Nutrition Association

American non profit membership organization dedicated to the research and study of nutrition

The American Nutrition Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable non profit organization established to encourage the scientific investigation of nutrition and metabolism. 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.

The American College of Nutrition was founded in 1959 with the stated purpose of enhancing nutrition and metabolism knowledge among physicians and professionals from all disciplines with a common interest in nutrition, and to promote the application of such knowledge to the maintenance of health and treatment of disease.

In October 2010, the American College of Nutrition and American Society for Nutrition proposed to merge.

The ANA is governed by a member elected Board of Directors and the current CEO of ANA is Michael Stroka. 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.

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.

Members of the American Nutrition Association are clinicians, researchers and academicians, medical students, and international nutritionists. Categories of membership include Professional Member, Student Member, Professional Associate, and Nutrition Enthusiast.

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 sodium 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.

Through 2021 the organization had held 62 annual scientific conferences.

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."