• Apply the science of sports nutrition to fuel fitness and performance
  
  
• Provide guidance in safe and effective sports nutrition practices
  
  
• Provide opportunities for education and professional growth of members
  (workshops, presentations, e-learning)
  
  
• Provide technical assistance to the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for the Board Certification as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) credential. A Sports Dietetics Specialty Examination Workgroup (SSEW), composed of SCAN members, participates in the following:

1. Develop items for the CSSD specialty examination
2. Recommend sports nutrition references for CDR's sports nutrition reference list
3. Recommend sports dietitians to serve on the SSEW
4. Assist CDR in promoting the CSSD credential

194 sports dietitians have earned the CSSD credential!

• Maintain and expand the SD-USA subunit

1. Recruit and retain members
2. Maintain a member database
3. Enlist member volunteers for SD-USA activities
4. Communicate with members via listserv, Web site, SD-USA Score e-newsletter, and SCAN's PULSE newsletter
   

• Maintain sports nutrition offerings on SCAN’s Web site

1. "Sports RDs in the News"
2. Sports Nutrition Career Tip Sheet
3. Sports nutrition education programs (sports nutrition courses/programs)
4. Sports nutrition books and resources (public and professional)
5. Sports nutrition enrichment opportunities--New feature!
6. Student Corner that highlights student accomplishments

• Work with ADA Quality Management to develop Standards of Practice (SOP) and Standards of Professional performance (SOPP) in Sports Dietetics
  
  
• Communicate with academic institutions offering sports nutrition courses/program

1. Update program directors regarding the CSSD credential
2. Invite student participation in SCAN’s Student Corner
   

• Network with sports medicine, sports nutrition, and sports organizations on a national and international level, and with the food and fitness industries
  

• Build sponsorships and partnerships

• Dec 2007: ADA accepted SD-USA’s title and sports dietitian job description revision for the ADA’s Job Descriptions: Models for the Dietetics Profession, 2nd ed, 2008.
  
  

• Dec 2007: Advance Your Career as a CSSD movie (view on SCAN’s website)
  
  

• Oct 2007: SCAN workgroup began developing Standards of Practice (SOPs) and Standards of Professional Performance (SOPPs) for RDs in Sports Dietetics
  
  
• Sept 2007: The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) board approved SCAN's application to become a liaison with NATA
  
  

• July 2007: Launched the first SD-USA Score e-newsletter for SD-USA Members
  
  

• June 2007: Applied to ADA Quality Management to develop Standards of Practice (SOPs) and Standards of Professional Performance (SOPPs) for RDs in Sports Dietetics
  
  

• May 2007: Launched the “Sports RD in the News” page on SCAN’s Web site
  
  
• April 2007: “Sports Dietetics—A Winning Game Plan”, SD-USA workshop at SCAN’s Symposium, Austin. TX
  
  

• July 2006: The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) offered the first specialty exam for the Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) credential
  
  

• June 2006: CDR appointed 10 SCAN members to a Sports Dietetics Specialty Examination Workgroup (SSEW). The SSEW develops items for the CSSD exam
  
  

• Jan 2006: CDR appointed 10 SCAN members to a Sports Dietetics Specialty Practice Analysis Workgroup (SPAW). The SPAW assisted CDR in developing a content outline and list of references for the CSSD specialty exam
  
  

• May 2005: CDR approved SCAN’s request for a specialty credential in sports dietetics
  
  

• Jan/Feb 2005: CDR conducted a practice analysis survey of SCAN members concerning sports nutrition practice. SCAN members assisted CDR in developing the survey content
  
  

• SD-USA submits regular contributions to SCAN’s PULSE newsletter
• “Sports Dietetics-USA Research Digest” (1st submission: Winter 2005)
• SD-USA Update (first submission: Fall 2004)
  
  

• Spring 2004: The Sports Dietetics-USA (SD-USA) subunit was launched. Nancy DiMarco, PhD, RD, CSSD, was appointed as the first SD-USA Director by SCAN’s Chair, Ellen Coleman, MA, MPH, RD, CSSD,