• 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:

       -  Develop items for the CSSD specialty examination

       -  Recommend sports nutrition references for CDR's sports nutrition

          reference list

       -  Recommend sports dietitians to serve on the SSEW 

       -  Assist CDR in promoting the CSSD credential

235 sports dietitians have earned the CSSD credential!

• Maintain and expand the SD-USA subunit

       -  Recruit and retain members

       -  Maintain a member database
       -  Enlist member volunteers for SD-USA activities

       - 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

        - Sports Nutrition Fact Sheets

        - "Sports RDs in the News"

        - Sports Nutrition Career Tip Sheet

        - Sports nutrition education programs (sports nutrition

          courses/programs)

        - Sports nutrition books and resources (public and professional

        - 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
  Click here for  a PDF of the ADA SOP and SOPP

• Communicate with academic institutions offering sports nutrition courses/programs

           
           - Update program directors regarding sports nutrition education

             and the CSSD credential
           - 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

• Oct 2009: Conducted the Sports Dietetics Workshop: Nutrition & Athletic Performance, U.S. Olympic training Center, Colorado Springs, CO.
  
  
• Oct 2009: The ADA Nutrition Care Manual® was updated to include the Sports Nutrition and Performance section written by SCAN members. 

• Oct 2009: Launched a sports dietetics marketing video: Sports Nutrition: Who Delivers? (Sports Nutrition > Professional Resources)

• April 2009: Launched a Sports Nutrition Mentor Program (Careers & Students)

• April 2009: Produced the first Sports Nutrition Fact Sheets (Nutrition Info)
• Eating Before Exercise
• Eating During Exercise
• Eating for Recovery
• Exercise Hydration
• Eating on the Road

• April 2009: Produced two CSSD promotional handouts (Sports Nutrition > Professional Resources)
• Top 10 Reasons to Hire a CSSD
• Top 10 Reasons to Consult a CSSD
  
  

• April 2009: Conducted the pre-Symposium workshop: Advances in Sports Dietetics Practice: What RDs Need to Know About Adolescents, Collegiate, and Evidence-Based Practice.
  
  
• March 2009: Position of the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians ofCanada, and the American College of Sports Medicine: Nutrition and Athletic Performance. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009:109(3): 509-527. (authored by SCAN members)

• March 2009: American Dietetic Association Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitians (Generalist, Specialty, Advanced) in Sports Dietetics. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009:109(3): 544-552.e30. (authored by SCAN members)
  

• Feb 2009: CDR announced that through the July 2011 certification period, specified education and professional experiences will be allowed to substitute for a maximum of 1200 hours of the required experience. (SD-USA successfully petitioned CDR for this extension)
  
  

• Aug 2008: Conducted the first SD-USA survey among Board Certified Specialists in Sports Dietetics (CSSDs)

  
  
• July/Aug 2008: CSSDs were highlighted in an article in the ADA Times,
  "Countdown to Beijing: Helping Olympic Athletes Go for the Gold"

• Summer 2008: Led the initiative to change SCAN’s name to Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition
  
  
• Summer 2008: Conducted sports nutrition surveys with NCAA athletes, NSCA members, and NATA members
  
  
• April 10, 2008: Conducted The Entrepreneurial Sports Dietitian—Sports Dietetics Practice from Start-up to Success, SD-USA’s pre-Symposium workshop at SCAN’s Symposium, Cambridge. MA
  
  
• Feb 2008: Ingrid Skoog, MS, RD, CSSD, elected to a 3-yr term on CDR’s Board of Directors to represent Board Certified Specialists in Sports Dietetics

  
  View the complete list for more milestones.
  
  

• 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