Registered Dietitian

A Registered Dietitian (RD) is a dietitian who meets all of a set of special academic and professional requirements, including the completion of a bachelor degree with an accredited nutrition curriculum, an internship at an approved healthcare facility, foodservice organization, or community agency, and satisfactory performance on a registration exam. Dietitians are regulated health professionals.

Dietitian services include nutritional assessment, healthy eating in general or for specific conditions, special dietary requirements, healthy living and lifestyle, weight loss, weight gain, etc. A dietitian alters patients’ nutrition based upon their medical condition and individual needs.