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What is a Nutrition Professional?

The American Dietetic Association oversees nationwide accreditation for Registered Dietitians (RD) and Dietetic Technician Registered (DTR).
 
Registered Dietitian
WDA Baccalaureate degree
WDA Professional practice training
WDA National registration via examination
WDA Mandatory continuing education
WDA Many also have advanced degrees and specialty certification


 

Dietary Assessment

 

 

 

Business Woman

   
 
Dietetic Technician, Registered
WDA Associate degree
WDA Professional practice training
WDA National registration via examination
WDA Mandatory continuing education
WDA May have specialty certifications

   
 
Certified Dietitian
In 1995, the State of Wisconsin passed legislation to certify qualified nutrition providers.  The state credential assures consumers that Certified Dietitians (CD) provide nutrition services that meet established professional standards, and that only those legally qualified may use the term CD.  Training and education are similar to that for a Registered Dietitian.
   
 
What Can a Nutrition Professional Do for You?

What can a Nutrition Professional do for you? Take this quiz and find out!

 
 
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About the Wisconsin Dietetic Association

The Wisconsin Dietetic Association is the link to nutrition and health in Wisconsin. This professional organization promotes registered dietitians and dietetic technicians as the nutrition experts through membership, continuing education, and legislative activities.

Members specialize in a variety of nutrition services including: 

Weight Loss

  • Recommendations for losing weight safely
  • Diet pills and ins and outs of popular diets like weight watchers, atkins diet, zone diet, cabbage soup diet, low carbohydrate diet and others

Healthy Lifestyle Promotion

  • Optimum health, wellness, chronic disease management, soy nutrition, food guide pyramid, vegetarian diets

Women's Health

  • Osteoporosis treatment and prevention, healthy menopause

Diabetes

  • Development of diabetic diet meal plans, diabetes diets and diabetes recipes
  • Carbohydrate (carb) counting

Sports Nutrition

  • Training diets and menus

Heart Disease

  • Development of low cholesterol diet menus, low fat recipes and low cholesterol diets

Cancer Nutrition

  • Cancer diet, cancer prevention, eating tips for cancer treatment

Complementary Medicine

  • Complementary therapies that include vitamin and mineral supplementation, botanicals and functional foods as well as mind/body approaches

Critical Care

  • Specialized nutrition support and critical care nutrition