Talk:Association for Nutrition

Some proposed changes
The organisation used to be part of the Learned Society but is now an independent regulatory body. In addition the title for Associates was updated in 2016 to Registered Associate Nutritionists. Requested edit is below - thank you

The Association for Nutrition (AfN) is the voluntary regulator for nutritionists and nutrition scientists in the United Kingdom.

The association is a registered charity and is custodian of the United Kingdom Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN).

Its purpose is to "Protect and benefit the public by defining and advancing standards of evidence-based practice across the field of nutrition and at all levels within the workforce".

The Association for Nutrition and the UKVRN is acknowledged by Public Health England, NHS Careers, NHS Choices and the National Careers Service as the professional body for nutritionists in the UK.

The current Chief Executive is Leonie Milliner, an architect by training she became Head of Education at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) before moving into healthcare regulation. She is also currently employed as a Lay Member at the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)

The register
All registrants on the UKVRN have had to provide evidence of their degree-level plus training and professional nutrition experience. They have also committed to abide by a Standard of Ethics, Conduct and Performance. There are three categories of UKVRN registrants, Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) with nutrition specialism in public health, nutrition science, sport & exercise, food or animal nutrition, Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr) and Fellow of AfN (FAfN).

Registered Associate Nutritionists
Registered Associate Nutritionists (post-nominals: ANutr) are recent graduates, who have been able to demonstrate a sound degree-level foundation of knowledge and understanding in nutrition science, and are working towards gaining sufficient experience within a specialist area to become a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr).

Registered Nutritionists
Registered Nutritionists (post-nominals: RNutr) have been assessed as having demonstrated that they have met rigorously applied knowledge and understanding standards, an in addition have been assessed as having demonstrated high and consistent standards of evidence-based practical application of this knowledge. They commit to keeping their knowledge up to date and ensuring they follow evidence-based practice.

Fellows of the Association for Nutrition
Fellows (FAfN) have been Registered Nutritionists (RNutr) for at least five years and have been recognised by their peers as having made a significant and sustained contribution to the advancement of nutrition practice, research, professionalism or education at a national or international level. 81.130.187.191 (talk) 13:37, 3 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi I noticed that you have used WP:Primary sources. I would be happy to look at the edit request if you source the information with reliable secondary sources. Cheers, Daylen (talk) 16:54, 27 November 2017 (UTC)