The Nutrition Society

It was founded in 1941. On Tuesday 14 October 1941, a founding meeting was held at the Royal InstitutionBirmingham Daily Post Wednesday 15 October 1941, page 2 led by Sir John Boyd Orr{{Cite web |title=About The Nutrition Society {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/about-nutrition-society |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}} who served as its founding chairman. Orr was awarded Nobel Peace Prize{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1949 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1949/orr/facts/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}} for his commitment to nutrition and his role in setting up the Food and Agriculture Organization at the United Nations.

In April 1943, an oversight Advisory Committee on Nutrition Surveys was set up, overseen by Sir Joseph Barcroft, and supported by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Food.Evening Dispatch Friday 16 April 1943, page 4{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/1/4293/484.1|title=Committee on Nutrition Surveys|first=British Medical Journal Publishing|last=Group|date=17 April 1943|journal=Br Med J|volume=1|issue=4293|pages=484|via=www.bmj.com|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.4293.484}} The Nutrition Society was incorporated as a company in August 1976.{{Cite web |title=NUTRITION SOCIETY(THE) overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01274585 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}} In 1993, a database was set up, with the Institute of Biology, of registered nutritionists.Newcastle Journal Monday 14 June 1993, page 6 The register for nutritionists was divested as the Association for Nutrition.

Mark Hollingsworth is the CEO of The Nutrition Society, a position he has held since July 2014.{{Cite web |title=Staff {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/staff |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}} Mary Ward, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-21 |title=Mary Ward |url=https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/mw-ward |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.ulster.ac.uk |language=en-GB}} became the Society's President in July 2023,{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/board-trustees |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}} following the tenure of Julie Lovegrove, the Hugh Sinclair Professor of Nutrition at the University of Reading, who served as President from 2018 to 2023.{{Cite web |title=Reading academic elected to President of the Nutrition Society |url=https://archive.reading.ac.uk/news-events/2018/July/pr771651.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=archive.reading.ac.uk}}

The Nutrition Society has approximately 2300 members in 80 countries.{{Cite web |title=Join Now {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/join-now |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}} Becoming a member is open to those interested in human or animal nutrition, with no specific qualifications required. The society offers student membership, university group membership, early career membership, full membership, retired membership, and unwaged membership.{{Cite web |title=Our membership {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/our-membership |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

The Nutrition Society has the following sections:{{Cite web |title=Sections {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/sections |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

• Irish Section to host research meetings and conferences in Ireland
• Scottish Section to host research meetings and conferences in Scotland
• Student Section to support undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate student members, enabling them to connect with experienced researchers and practitioners for mentorship and resources

The Nutrition Society has special interest groups in four themes in nutrition science:{{Cite web |title=Themes and Special Interest Groups {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/themes-sigs |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

• Food Systems
• Nutrition in the treatment, management, and prevention of disease
• Nutrition and optimum life course
• Novel nutrition research methodologies and technologies

The Nutrition Society awards honorary fellowship{{Cite web |title=Honorary Fellows {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/honorary-fellows |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}} for outstanding contribution and long term commitment to nutritional science. The honorary fellows are: Sir George Alberti, Margaret Ashwell, Judith Buttriss, Albert Flynn, Keith Frayn, Catherine Geissler, Michael Gibney, Leif Hambraeus, Jo Hautvast, Alan A Jackson, W Philip James, Barbara Livingstone, John Mathers, Geraldine McNeill, D Joe Millward, Hilary J Powers, Ann Prentice, Sean Strain, Alison E Tedstone, Paul Trayhurn, Mark L. Wahlqvist, John F. Webster, Roger G. Whitehead, Christine Williams, Margaret Gill, Clyde Williams, and Chris Seal.

The Nutrition Society mission is to advance the scientific study of nutrition and its application to the maintenance of human and animal health.

The Nutrition Society hosts six conferences each year.{{Cite web |title=Upcoming Events {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/events |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

• Winter Conference
• Summer Conference
• Irish Section Conference
• Scottish Section Conference
• Irish Section Postgraduate Conference
• Nutrition Futures

The Nutrition Society advocates for the importance of nutritional research and its application in the maintenance of human and animal health.{{Cite web |title=Secretariats {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/secretariats |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}} The society serves as the secretariat for the International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS), the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS), and the [https://www.academynutritionsciences.org.uk/about Academy of Nutritional Sciences]

In the United Kingdom, the society has established an [https://nutritionappg.org/ All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)] entitled Nutrition: Science and Health. Formally launched at its inaugural meeting on 6 June 2023,{{Cite web |title=New inquiry launched at House of Commons on vital role of nutrition |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2023/06/allpartyparliamentarygroup/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Press Office |language=en}} the APPG includes interested MPs and members of the House of Lords as founding members. Through this initiative, the society ensures that nutritional research is represented and considered in the UK parliament and reinforcing the importance of this field in shaping public policy.

The Nutrition Society offers the following awards to recognize excellence and expertise in the field of nutrition research.{{Cite web |title=Awards {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/awards |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

• Blaxter award for excellence in the area of whole body metabolism or animal nutrition
• Widdowson award for excellence in public health nutrition
• Gowland Hopkins award for lifetime achievement in cellular and molecular nutrition
• Julie Wallace award for early career scientific excellence in nutrition research
• Cuthbertson award for early career excellence in clinical nutrition and metabolism research
• Silver medal for scientific excellence in the field of nutrition
• Postgraduate competition award for excellence in nutrition related work at postgraduate level

The society offers summer studentships to undergraduates to undertake research and conference grants to members to present research and attend conferences.{{Cite web |title=Grants {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/grants |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

The following journals are published by the Nutrition Society:{{Cite web |title=Journals {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/journals |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

• The British Journal of Nutrition
• Public Health Nutrition
• The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
• [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nutrition-research-reviews Nutrition Research Reviews]
• [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-nutritional-science Journal of Nutritional Science]
• [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/gut-microbiome Gut Microbiome]

The following text books on nutrition are published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Nutrition Society.{{Cite web |title=Nutrition Society Textbook Series {{!}} The Nutrition Society |url=https://www.nutritionsociety.org/nutrition-society-textbook-series |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.nutritionsociety.org}}

• [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Nutrition+Research+Methodologies-p-9781118554661 Nutrition Research Methodologies]
• [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Introduction+to+Human+Nutrition,+3rd+Edition-p-9781119477020 Introduction to Human Nutrition, 3rd Edition]
• [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Nutrition+and+Metabolism%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781444347692 Nutrition and Metabolism, 2nd Edition]
• [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Public+Health+Nutrition%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781118660966 Public Health Nutrition, 2nd Edition]
• [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Sport+and+Exercise+Nutrition-p-9781118355633 Sport and Exercise Nutrition]
• [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Clinical+Nutrition%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781118457757 Clinical Nutrition, 2nd Edition]

• American Society for Nutrition
• Association for Nutrition, regulates the profession in the UK
• British Nutrition Foundation, provides health education on diet in the UK
• Federation of European Nutrition Societies
• Catherine Geissler, former president of the Nutrition Society

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