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What Do Dietitian Nutritionists Do? A ll of us eat at some point in our day, making food the most universal form of sustenance in the world. The process is relatively simple—eat, digest, have energy, repeat. However, the science behind food—what makes it nutritious, and how the body absorbs it—is known as nutrition and is hardly simple. The people who study this science and then use that information to help others get the most out of the food they eat are called Dietitian Nutritionists . Dietitians or Nutritionists? A lot of people use the terms dietitian and nutritionist inter- changeably. While the two professions are related, they are very different in how they are regulated by the government.

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