The Clinical Nutrition Certification Board (CNCB) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt certification agency which provides professional training, examination, and certification for health care practitioners.
The discipline of Human Clinical Nutrition applies principles derived from current biochemical and physiological scientific knowledge for the purpose of promoting optimal health while recognizing biochemical individuality. The Certified Clinical Nutritionist assesses a person’s nutritional needs to achieve normal physiological function. Assessment includes the use of appropriate tests and observations such as case history, anthropomorphic measurements, physical signs, laboratory tests, and nutrition/lifestyle analysis to determine an educational nutrition program. The assessment also provides the basis for referral to a licensed physician or other health care professional.
The educational protocol may include, among other information, nutrition / lifestyle modification, nutritive supplementation, understanding of physiological/biochemical pathways, and evoking of regenerative processes.
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The Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) Examination establishes reputable standards of excellence.
The creation of a quality examination that is based on a validated scope of practice that appropriately represents the field of clinical nutrition.
Candidate access to the broad scope of clinical nutrition training and a mechanism for recertification every five years, recognizing continued competency in the field.
The CCN Examination Candidate must:
