Clinical therapy for hyperlipidemia and obesity mandates dietary changes. The rationale for modification of specific dietary components becomes more impressive with each decade, as research and epidemiologic studies continue. Treatment modalities should be based on lipid patterns and lipid aberrations. Intervention methods should become practical and behaviorally motivating for patients. The en...

This 12-month prospective randomized cluster trial of 20 dietitians in India compared usual care (UC) and evidence-based nutrition practice guideline (EBNPG) care for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Baseline, 6-month, and 12-month data from 238 patients were analyzed. EBNPG implementation was evaluated using the Ottawa Model for Knowledge Transfer. EBNPG and UC groups achieved significa...

Supplementing nutrition education with skills-building activities may enhance community awareness of diet-related cancer prevention guidelines. To develop a cookbook with lifestyle tips, recipes were solicited from the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer (NBLIC) community coalitions and dietary intake advice from participants in the Educational Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer S...

Editor’s Note: All information, data, and references included in this article were current at the time the Visioning Report and Joint Leaders Report were released in September 2012 and January 2013. Updates of actions taken since the two reports were released are included. All registered dietitians (RDs) are nutritionists—but not all nutritionists are RDs. The Academy’s Board of Directors and C...

2014;27(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Visser J, BSc Dietetics, M Nutrition; Senior Lecturer Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University; Tygerberg Academic Hospital Notelovitz T, MBBCh, MNutrition; Private Practice Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University Szabo CP, MBBCh, FCPsych, MMed, PhD, MSc(Med), ...

Forty-nine hypertensive patients who were overweight were randomly allocated to one of three strategies for attaining weight reduction and were followed for one year. Those referred to a dietitian lost more weight (mean 5.1 kg) than those given a diet sheet (mean 2.64 kg) or simply advised by the doctor to reduce weight (mean 2.15 kg). One-third of all the patients lost 6 kg or more. Successful...

Describe the characteristics of RDNs that decide to precept interns when compared those who never precepted or are past preceptors. This cross-sectional study explored RDNs’ views preceptor role. A randomly selected national sample 10% were sent an online survey. total 1,170 completed survey (13.4% response rate). The collected data on reasons dietitians precept, training received, and incentiv...