What is a
Registered Dietitian?
When you choose a registered dietetics professional to help with your nutrition or food
preparation and service needs, you're connecting with an individual with demonstrated
professional expertise and excellence. Dietetics professionals undergo rigorous academic
training and extensive practice experience and maintain their state-of-the-art food and
nutrition knowledge by completing ongoing professional education programs.

Registered Dietitians have completed academic and experience requirements established
by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, ADA's credentialing agency, including a
minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and an
accredited preprofessional experience program. Some RDs hold additional certifications
in specialized areas of practice.

RDs demonstrate thorough knowledge of their fields by passing a national exam
administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Both are required to stay on
the cutting edge of their fields by regularly completing continuing professional education
to maintain registration.

For more information on Registered Dietitians, contact:

American Dietetic Association
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995
Phone: 800/877-1600
American Dietetic Association
Adapted from the American Dietetic Association
The Fine Arts Building, 410 South Michigan Avenue Suite #306, Chicago, IL 60605
Telephone: (312) 235-0050 Fax: (312) 235-0055 Email Address: info@ChicagoNutritionist.com

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