AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION INC

Society advancement- membership helps nutrition scientists develop professionally, discover new opportunities and increase their impact in the fields of nutrition and clinical nutrition. This program reaches out to potential new members both individually and corporately. Theamerican society for nutrition currently serves approximately 8,500 scientists and practitioners.council designated funds/awards - an aggregation of research projects, scientific workshops, meetings, symposia and awards to young scientists to assist in their training and expand the knowledge of all scientists. Nutrition notes - a quarterly newsletter that brings information on educational and scientific programs sponsored by the society to the attention of its approximately 8,500 members and other nutrition scientists.

Education and professional development - asn was established to develop and extend knowledge of nutrition to promote education and training in nutrition research.science policy and advocacy and cooperative agreements - the primary focus is to establish and maintain liaison with key members of congress, their staff and coordinates and increase asn's participation in advocacy coalitions and represent asn with federal agencies such as nih, fda, epa, etc.