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Redefining

“RD”A look into the vastly expanding field of Nutrition and Dietetics

Jordyn Crane, Dietetic Intern

Objectives

Identify a few of the emerging trends in the field of nutrition and dietetics

Explore new career opportunities for Registered Dietitians

Develop strategies to advance and enhance our practice in the evolving field of dietetics

What do Registered Dietitians do?

Where do Registered Dietitians work?

What my coworkers

think I do

What society

thinks I do

What my patients

think I do

What Doctors think I do What I think I do What I really do...

Registered Dietitian

Traditional

Dietetics

• Clinical

• Food Service

• Community

Foundations of our

Practice

Expansion of our Practice

Policy

Research/ Education

Public Health

Private Practic

e

Business

Industry

International

Food Orgs.

Where to next?

Digital Era

Sustainability

Integrative & Functional

Nutrition

Nutrigenomics

Food Sensitivity

Food and Menu Labeling

Retail Dietetics

Corporate Wellness

Emerging Trends in

Nutrition & Dietetics

Digital Era

Sustainability

Integrative &

Functional Nutrition

Nutrigenomics

Food Sensitivities

Food and Menu Labeling

Retail Dietetics

Corporate Wellness

Emerging Trends in

Nutrition & Dietetics

Digital Era = Technology Centered Sharing of Information

The Challenges:

Oversaturation

Misinformation

Health “Experts”

Disconnected from

population

Constant Research

The Benefits:

Increased Access

Accountability

New business

opportunities

Become Internet Sensations

Telenutrition

Outpatient

Clinical

Private Practice

YouTube Channels

Podcasts

Websites

App Development

Social Media

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Blogs

RD Career Advice

General Nutrition

Food Blogs

Myth Debunking

What can we do as RD’s…

The DGAC report defines sustainable diets as:

"a pattern of eating that

promotes health and well-being

and provides food security for the

present population while sustaining

human and natural resources for future

generations.”

Sustainability

Sustainable Diets

✓ Rapid Population

Increase

✓ Obesity Epidemic

✓ 15.8 million food

insecure households in

2015

✓ 50% of all produce is

thrown away in the U.S.

Why do we care as RD’s?

Un-sustainable Food System

Increased Public Environmental Awareness

Consumer Demand for Transparency

*Although we are not all agriculture and environmental experts, we are often the first line of communication when it comes to

concerns about food and food quality!

Current Issues:

Become Environmental Entrepreneurs

Stay Informed! AND Hunger and

Environmental Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group

Jobs in the “Field”

Farm to School/Food to Plate

Youth Garden Programs

Food Recover/Waste Programs

Teach Mindful Eating reduce personal

waste

Food Banks

Locally Sourcing

What can we do as RD’s…

http://www.hendpg.org/

Check it

out!

Integrative & Functional Nutrition

Integrative Medicine:

Multiple modalities of

healing and therapies:

Diet/Food/Nutrition

Supplement/herbs

Exercise/Yoga

Meditation

Acupuncture

Massage

Pharmaceuticals

Functional Medicine:

Nutrition is cornerstone

of Functional Medicine

Nutrition is prevention

oriented

Nutrition is therapeutic

Nutrients and foods are

seen as powerful multi-

targeted biological

response modifiers

Dietitians in Practice

The vision of the DIFM dietetic practice group is:

“to optimize health and healing through

integrative and functional medicine nutrition

practices” while “empowering members to be

leaders in personalized genomics, holistic care,

and integrative and functional nutrition therapies”

Become

Holistic Healers

We can we do as RD’s…

❖ Conferences• Integrative Healthcare

Symposium (HIS)

• International

Conference on Human

Nutrition and Functional

Medicine

❖ Websites• Environmental Working

Group

• National Center For

Complementary and

Integrative health

❖ Journals• IMCJ Integrative

Medicine: A Clinician’s

Journal

• Advances in Mind-Body

Medicine

Montana as a Model for Change

We need YOU to help

promote the nation-wide

evolution!

RD Action Steps

Growth

Involvement in the field

Increased Presence

Advocate for our

profession

Thank you!Questions?