11/08/2022 - Three years ago, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Chief Executive Officer Patricia Babjak shared her intention to retire in 2023. Babjak served in numerous positions at the Academy since 1975 and has led the organization as CEO for 14 years.
10/26/20222 - The Academy has been responding in the strongest terms to a false report about our organization’s relationships with corporations and industry. One of the main authors of the report is financially tied to anti-science groups with vested interests in opposing licensure for RDNs and lobbying against the safe regulation of medical nutrition therapy and nutrition and dietetics services.
10/24/2022 - The Academy issued the following statement in response to a report containing a great deal of opinion and unsupported assertions, coupled with factual inaccuracies that mislead the public.
10/24/2022 - The Public Health Nutrition Journal posted a report today with several gross inaccuracies, "The corporate capture of the nutrition profession in the USA: the case of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics."
10/8/2022 - Read the prepared remarks by Academy President Ellen R. Shanley, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND, October 8 at the Opening Session of the 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fla.
10/8/2022 - Four registered dietitian nutritionists describe their personal journeys, love of nutrition and how it helped them impact the lives of the communities they serve. This video originally appeared as part of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo® in Orlando, Fla.
09/23/2022 - A letter from the Academy President Ellen R. Shanley, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND was published by the Economist following an article in the publication on recent improvements in hospital food for patients.
09/19/2022 - In a new video, the Academy’s 2022-2023 President Ellen R. Shanley, MBA, RDN, CND, FAND, extends a personal invitation to all members to attend the 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo™ in Orlando, Fla.
07/11/2022 - A letter to the editor from Past President Kevin L. Sauer, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, replying to an article in the December 2021 issue of the journal Critical Care Medicine regarding the role of registered dietitian nutritionists on the critical care interdisciplinary team, was published in CCM’s July 2022 issue.
06/07/2022 - In the coming months, the Academy will transition Food & Nutrition Magazine® content to a new home on eatrightPRO.org.
06/02/2022 - Kevin L. Sauer, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, symbolically "passes the gavel" of the Academy's 2022-2023 presidency to Ellen R. Shanley, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND.
05/16/2022 - Key information and resources for professionals are available in the Academy's Infant Formula Safety hub.
05/12/2022 — Academy members have been asked to provide critical input for Congressional hearing on infant formula shortages.
08/23/2022 - The Academy continues to support RDNs and NDTRs regarding the formula supply chain issues.
04/25/2022 - The Academy was dismayed to learn about changes in Aetna's reimbursement policy for RDNs' and has reached out to Aetna and to other professions affected by the policy change.
