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The American Association of Nutritional Consultants (AANC) is an organisation which seeks to enhance the reputation of Nutritional and Dietary Consultants by consolidating them into a professional organisation.

It offers examination and certification, or association membership which does not require an examination but requires the payment of the membership fee. The organisation also offers an insurance program.

Members include the UK television presenter and nutritionist Gillian McKeith, Hettie, a deceased cat formerly belonging to science writer Ben Goldacre, who purchased "certified professional membership" on Hettie's behalf for $60,^[1] and Australian nutritionist Rosemary Stanton's late Old English Sheepdog.^[2]

This organisation has been criticised by Quackwatch for selling membership certificates to unqualified individuals.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Goldacre, Ben. "Dr Gillian McKeith (PhD) continued", The Guardian, September 30, 2004.
2. ^ Rosemary Stanton, "Nutrition: who can you believe?" (PDF file), The Skeptic 20, no. 2, p. 25.
3. ^ Stephen Barrett, "The American Association of Nutritional Consultants: Who and What Does It Represent?" Quackwatch, 2005.

Further reading

• American Association of Nutritional Consultants
• Barrett, Stephen. "The American Association of Nutritional Consultants: Who and What Does It Represent?" Quackwatch, 2005. Accessed November 29, 2006.
• Goldacre, Ben. "A menace to science". The Guardian, 12 February 2007.
• Stanton, Rosemary (2000). "Nutrition: who can you believe?". The Skeptic 20 (2): 25. http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/2000/4_nutrition.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-15.