The Nutrition Society is a main scientific learned society in the field of nutritional science, headquartered in London.
It was founded in 1941. On Tuesday 14 October 1941, a founding meeting was held at the Royal Institution.[1]
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.[2][3] A In 1993, a database was set up, with the Institute of Biology, of registered nutritionists.[4] The register for nutritionists was divested as the Association for Nutrition.
It was incorporated as a company in August 1976.[5]