Association for Nutrition

We are the independent regulator for Registered Nutritionists. 

A Registered Charity, our role is to protect and benefit the public.  We hold the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN), a register of competent, qualified nutrition professionals who meet our rigorously applied standards for scientifically sound evidence-based nutrition and its use in practice.  The UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists is the only register of qualified nutritionists recognised by Public Health England, NHS Choices and NHS Careers.

If you are looking for a qualified nutritionist, always check they have the quality mark post-nominal letters RNutr or ANutr after their name.

We also define and advance standards of evidence-based practice across the wider field of nutrition at all levels within the workforce. Our standards for the wider workforce in nutrition (in public health, catering, fitness, leisure and social care) were developed with support from Department of Health and Public Health England, and are the benchmark for nutrition competence for all who use, translate or provide nutrition information to the public.

Click here to read a comparative summary about the different qualification requirements, scope of practices, regulators and professional bodies for Registered Nutritionists, Dietitians, Registered Associate Nutritionists and Nutritional Therapists.

@AfNutr chat is an independent initiative moderated by a team of UKVRN Registrants. This is a voluntary initiative, providing a free monthly CPD opportunity to Registrants, it is supported by the AfN (@AfN_UK_). However, please note that the views and information contained in the chats may not necessarily express the views of the AfN or UKVRN Registrants, therefore the content of the chats are not endorsed by AfN.

PROGRESSION WITH THE AfN PETITION FOR A ROYAL CHARTER  

We are pleased to announce that the AfN Petition for a Royal Charter to award the title Chartered Nutritionist was presented to the Privy Council on the 6th November 2019. It then proceeded to the next stage of the formal process and was published on the 8th November in the London Gazette, marking the beginning of the public consultation period. Comments regarding the petition could be submitted to the Privy Council until 2nd January 2020. 

We thank all our stakeholders who provided letters of support during the initial submission stages and to everyone who has submitted their support to the Privy Council during the public consultation stage. The Privy Council are now processing all the responses and we will provide further updates on progress when these are available.