A nutritionist is a person who advises people on matters of nutrition. In jurisdictions such as the UK and most US states the term "nutritionist" is not legally protected. As a result, people who refer to themselves as "nutritionists" may have no officially recognized credentials.
The title "nutritionist" is protected in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia. It is not protected in British Columbia. There were discussions about this when the dietitian ...
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A nutritionist is a person who advises people on matters of nutrition. In jurisdictions such as the UK and most US states the term "nutritionist" is not legally protected. As a result, people who refer to themselves as "nutritionists" may have no officially recognized credentials.
The title "nutritionist" is protected in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia. It is not protected in British Columbia. There were discussions about this when the dietitian designation was protected in British Columbia, but as of March 2008 "nutritionist" is not currently protected there.
Nutritionist, unlike dietitian, is not currently a protected term. Although there are a considerable number of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in nutrition in the UK, anyone can refer to himself or herself as a nutritionist without any formal qualifications. Different organizations use their own criteria to define a nutritionist. According to one of these, the Nutrition Society of the UK , the function of a nutritionist...
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