In the US, as well as around the world, the dietetics profession has made it very clear that dietitian is spelled with a T, not a C! In 1930, at an annual American Dietetic Association meeting, the executive committee decided that the official spelling would be dietitian.
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Registered dietitian are healthcare professionals who specialize in nutrition and dietary management. They are trained to provide evidence-based nutrition guidance for various health conditions through medical nutrition therapy. While dietitians cannot provide a medical diagnosis, they can provide a nutrition diagnosis. Nutrition diagnoses are made by dietitians as part of the nutrition care process.
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Dietitians are healthcare professionals, but they have not gone to medical school, therefore are not medical doctors. While doctors have more training overall, dietitians have significantly more education in nutrition specifically. Ideally, patients are working with an entire healthcare team to manage their nutrition-related medical conditions, including both a doctor and a dietitian.
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