Registered Dietitian

A registered dietician is a qualified and trained nutritional health care professional who has satisfied the stringent educational and practical measures set by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (citation). Registered dietitians are capable of working in various occupational environments, such as hospitals, nutrition and food industries, research centers, business corporations, and hospitals. The history of dietitians in United States begins in hospitals during the late 1800s, at a junction where the importance of good nutrition in health finally began to rise above the surface. However, it was just after World War I when the role of dietitians became widely recognized and enmeshed in the country’s health care system and further, as Public Health Service Hospitals started incorporating dietitians as aids to oversee the health of veterans. Some of the important roles dietitians performed during this time included feeding the hospitalized veterans and citizens, and formulating and keeping track of food

“As I work every day”, she started, “even though this is a job that I do in a repetitive fashion, I am moved every time by the fact that I can treat and improve people’s lives through food: what we might sometimes care less.” “I am able to help people with what they choose to eat, which in the end will help them walk the paths of healthy lives. And this is the driving force that strengthens my life as well.” And she added, “But compared to the amount and intensity of education one has to attain in becoming a dietitian, I don’t think this profession gets paid enough.” “And I devote plethora of my time in counseling my patients to reshape their nutritional practices. But I realized that these practices are really tough to break. This is when the negative aspects of being a dietitian come into