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ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). 141 Northwest
Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Telephone:
(847) 434-4000. Website: http://www.aap.org.
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). P. O. Box
1440, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1440. Telephone: (317)
637-9200. Website: http://www.acsm.org.
American Council on Exercise (ACE). 4851 Paramount
Drive, San Diego, CA 92123. Telephone: (858) 279-- Website: htpp://www.acefitness.org.
American Dietetic Association (ADA). 120 South Riverside
Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995. Telephone:
(800): 877-1600. Website: http://www.eatright.org.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 7272
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone:
(301) 657-3000. Website: http://www.ashp.org.
Dietitians of Canada/Les die ́te ́tistes du Canada (DC). 480
University Avenue, Suite 604, Toronto, Ontario, Can-
ada M5G 1V2. Telephone: (416) 596-0857. Website:
http://www.dietitians.ca.
Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI). 617 West Main
Street, Barrington, IL 60010. (800) 616-4774. Website:
http://www.gssiweb.org. The GSSI website has a useful
online library of over a hundred articles on various aspects
of sports nutrition, training and performance, and sports
medicine, including material on specific sports.
Herb Research Foundation (HRF). 4140 15th Street,
Boulder, CO 80304. Telephone: (303) 449-2265. Web-
site: http://www.herbs.org.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Telephone:
(800) 311-3435. Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/.
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
1885 Bob Johnson Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906.
Telephone: (800) 815-6826 or (719) 632-6722. Website:
http://www.nsca-lift.org.
Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN).
SCAN is a dietetic practice group (DPG) of the Amer-
ican Dietetic Association. Telephone: (800) 249-2875 or
(847) 441-7200. Website: http://www.scandpg.org.
U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857-0001. Telephone: (888)
INFO-FDA. Website: http://www.fda.gov/
default.htm.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Stock Exchange
Tower, 800 Place Victoria, Suite 1700, P.O. Box 120,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4Z 1B7. Telephone (514)
904-9232. Website: http://www.wada-ama.org.
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Definition
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wort) is the common name for any member of a group
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