Nutrition in Complementary Care (NCC) DPG

Nutrition in Complementary Care (NCC) DPG

Dietetics professionals interested in the study of alternative and complementary therapies.

Dietetic Practice Group #18
Visit NCC's Web site at www.complementarynutrition.org

The Nutrition in Complementary Care (NCC) dietetic practice group promotes the integration of conventional nutrition practices with evidence-based alternatives through education, research and practice. NCC focuses on complementary therapies that include vitamin and mineral supplementation, botanicals and functional foods as well as diverse therapeutic approaches that can enhance a dietetic professional's "toolbox." Member benefits include:

  • A subscription to NCC's highly regarded quarterly newsletter
  • An online network via a members-only electronic mailing list (EML) that provides a wellspring of information and intellectual debate.
  • Access to the "Members-Only" section of NCC's Web site (www.complementarynutrition.org/) that provides archived issues of the newsletter
  • Contact with other members through a searchable online membership directory
  • Opportunities for Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
  • Product discounts

NCC Leadership

  • Chair: Mary Alice Gettings, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
  • Chair-elect: Kathie Switft, MS, RD 
  • Past Chair: Gretchen Forsell, MPH, RD, LD
  • Secretary: Mary Harris, PhD, RD  
  • Treasurer: Kathy Moore, RD, LD, CCN
  • Nominating Committee Chair: Dorothy C. Humm, MBA, CDN

Membership Total

2,258

Newsletter Name and Unique Features

NCC's newsletter, Nutrition in Complementary Care, is designed to improve the nutrition professional's understanding of complementary care and how it can fit into her/his practice. The content provided assists the subscriber in answering questions that patients/clients and the public have regarding the use of "non-conventional" therapies. Hence, it helps ensure that consumers receive accurate and timely information.

Continuing education articles are offered two times yearly. Published quarterly and free to members. Subscriptions are available for $35/year for ADA-non-eligible persons. Back issues are available for $10/issue or four for $35 (NCC members and ADA-non-eligible members). For international orders, add $5 shipping and handling per subscription and for each back issue order of one to four issues. For five or more issues, it is $5 plus $1.50 for each additional issue. Please send check made payable to ADA/DPG 18 and send to NCC, P.O. Box 23089, Glade Park, Colorado 81523; fax 970/257-0390.

Other Publications

  • Membership Directory (available to members via NCC's Web site)
  • CPE articles are offered via NCC's Web site
  • Botanical Medicine for Health Care Professionals (a self-study module)
  • Complementary Care for Cardiovascular Disease: Separating Fact From Fiction (a self-study module)

Networking, Business Meetings, Continuing Professional Education Events, Receptions

  • Members meet at NCC's business meeting and networking reception at ADA's annual Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE)
  • A "Complementary Care for Cardiovascular Disease" workshop is available and can be provided to professionals as a continuing education activity
  • Two continuing education articles are published annually in the NCC newsletter and additional opportunities are available via NCC's Web site

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