Wyclecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, will lead the organization following a 30-year career leading membership, charitable, and social impact organizations.
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine, with multi-organizational support, said that plant-predominant diets can achieve remission ahead of other treatment.
The American Dietetic Association, the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, will change its name effective January 2012 to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.