Association for Nutrition

Welcome to the Association for Nutrition, a professional body that holds the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN), a competency-based register of Nutritionists. This website has three main purposes:

  1. Enable people to search for a Registered Nutritionist.
  2. Provide information to individuals wishing to join the Register.
  3. Inform Registered Nutritionists.

The Association for Nutrition is a professional body that was launched in June 2010. Limited by guarantee and a registered charity, the Association’s ambition is to protect the public by developing the profession of nutrition.

Association for Nutrition aims to protect and benefit the public by promoting nutrition and public health, and championing high standards of practice in the nutrition profession. We will maintain a Register of individuals who:

• demonstrate extensive understanding of nutritional science and practice 

• agree to uphold ethical standards though a comprehensive Code of Ethics and Statement of Professional Conduct.

AfN also provide a framework for members of the Register to maintain and enhance levels of proficiency throughout their careers through appropriate Continuous Professional Development. This will generate public confidence and trust in clear nutritional policies and advice received from qualified practitioner. We are dedicated to advancing education and understanding of nutrition science and practice, and fostering mutual trust and respect between fellow professionals and co-workers. Association for Nutrition aims to reduce the risk of misconduct or inappropriate practice by increasing awareness of the role of the Register and by providing a complaints procedure.

AfN stresses the difference between nutritional therapists and Registered Nutritionists....read more

AfN is working hard to establish in the Public mind the difference between Registered Nutritionists (RNutr) and nutritional therapists.  We are communicating with other professional associations, press and media to get our message across.

AfN provided evidence on Healthcare Education training and workforce planning to the Health Select Committee.  Our evidence centered on two areas:

• the role of professional bodies in securing employer and professional input into the standard setting and quality assurance of high-quality degree and postgraduate professional training.
• the need for a single point of influence to address provision of nutrition information in statutorily regulated professions. 

We provided comment on the work our Nutrition & Health Inequalities Project Team is undertaking to integrate and quality assure nutrition skill across the frontline workforce, also to provide career support and progression for workers at levels 3 & 4 in the health and social care sectors.

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AfN Registrants' Insurance Package now availiable from only £26.06 per month

  

Have you been a registrant for more than five years, then why not become a Fellow of the Association for Nutrition? Click here to find out more.

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"One million fewer obese people in England could mean around 15,000 fewer people with coronary heart disease, 34,000 fewer people developing type 2 diabetes and 99,000 fewer people with high blood pressure.” Derek Wanless, Our Future, Kings Fund, 2007.

Nutrition & Health Inequalities Project has been funded by a competitive grant from the Department of Health Third Sector Investment Programme. The Project aims to improve capacity, confidence and competence in nutrition across the health and social care sectors.

The AfN CPD Endorsement Scheme has now been launched. AfN endorses high quality CPD learning activities run by other organisations, which are clearly focused on developing the skills and competence of Registered Nutritionists, using content that is clearly referenced to scientific evidence and/or professional practice click here for more informaiton

To read our annual report and financial statements please click here.