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Causes: Food
Mission: 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 nutritional 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.
Programs: Journal of clinical nutrition- the primary focus of the ajcn is the publication of basic and clinical studies relevant to human nutrition. The ajcn publishes peer-reviewed, original research contributed by scientists throughout the world, editorials, special articles, meeting reports, book reviews, letters to the editor and a calendar of events.
journal of nutrition - the official publication of the american society for nutrition is published monthly to enhance the dissemination of scientific knowledge of nutrition to approximately 5,000 subscribers.
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. Experimental biology meeting - to develop and extend knowledge of research information in the fields of nutrition and clinical nutrition to approximately 10,000 members and 5,300 non-members each year at the scientific annual meetings for a total of approximately 15,400 attendees each year. Education and professional development - asn was established to develop and extend knowledge of nutrition to promote education and training in nutrition research.