Why choose a Dietitian?

Choosing the right person to seek help and advice from can sometimes be a confusing task. Many people claim to be experts in nutrition yet have very limited knowledge and offer no protection to the public. 

Dietitians are very often referred to as the ‘Gold Standard’ when it comes to nutrition and food professionals.

Registered Dietitians (RDs) are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems at an individual and wider public health level. They work with both healthy and sick people. Uniquely, dietitians use the most up-to-date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease which they translate into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices.  Dietitians are also the only nutrition professionals to be regulated by law, and are governed by an ethical code to ensure that they always work to the highest standard.

The Trust a Dietitian campaign aims to highlight the importance of choosing a Dietitian and the very big differences between Dietitians, nutritionists, nutritional therapists and, so-called, diet ‘experts’.