The story
In 1928 a group of United States biochemists and physiologists grouped together to form the first scientific society focused on nutrition, the American Institute for Nutrition. The Society held its first meeting at the Cornell Medical School in 1934. The society was renamed the American Society for Nutritional Sciences in 1996.
In 2005, the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition (established 1961), and the Society for International Nutrition (established 1996) merged to form The American Society for Nutrition (ASN).
As of 2024, ASN has a membership of more than 8,000. It is one of the constituent societies comprising the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, a non-profit organization that is the principal umbrella organization of U.S. societies in the field of biological and medical research.
In October 2010, the American College of Nutrition and American Society for Nutrition proposed to merge.[2]
"Smart Choices" program
The ASN administered the "Smart Choices" food labelling program, which was suspended in 2009 after criticism.
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