Types of RDs
A patient with kidney disease receives dialysis and needs to eat foods lower in sodium, potassium, and phosphorus. This RD reviews the patient's lab results and works with the patient to develop a nutrition care plan they enjoy and keeps their blood work in safe ranges.
What is a clinical dietitian?
Dietitians can help people with this condition manage their blood sugar levels.
What is diabetes?
In Alberta, only these health professionals can use the protected title, “nutritionist”.
What is a Registered Dietitian?
Emily has just received a celiac disease diagnosis and is trying to figure out what foods she can eat. What is the name of the protein she needs to avoid?
What is gluten?
An average adult human body is approximately this percentage of water.
What is 60%?
A high school notices many students skip breakfast. This RD partners with the school to develop a breakfast program that makes eating in the morning accessible for students.
What is a public health dietitian?
This type of nutrition support may be recommended by a dietitian when a patient cannot eat by mouth but has a functioning gastrointestinal tract.
What is tube feeding? (enteral feeding)
This is the only university in Alberta that offers a fully integrated dietetics specialization program.
What is the University of Alberta?
Mark has type 1 diabetes and works with an RD to control his blood sugars. He requires a pump because his body can’t produce this hormone.
What is insulin?
This drink contains the same amount of caffeine as 3 cups of coffee.
What is an energy drink?
A long-term care home serves 300 meals every day. This RD oversees menu planning, food safety, cultural inclusivity, and ensures residents receive meals that meet their nutrition needs.
What is a food service dietitian?
This government resource is commonly used by dietitians to support nutrition education, counselling, and healthy eating programs for Canadians.
What is Canada’s Food Guide?
It takes this many years of university education to become a Registered Dietitian in Alberta.
What is 5 years?
Maya is a high school basketball player and lately has been experiencing low energy halfway through practice. An RD would recommend this nutrient in her pre-practice snacks.
What are carbohydrates?
Mi'kmaq Elder Albert Marshall described this concept as seeing the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing with one eye and the strengths of Western ways of knowing with the other.
What is Two-Eyed Seeing?
A university track athlete is preparing for an upcoming meet and wants to fuel their body for peak performance and recovery. This RD develops a personalized nutrition plan to help the athlete train, compete, and recover effectively.
What is a private practice dietitian?
What is a physician, nurse, SLP, OT, PT, RT?
This is the mandatory, supervised practical training that covers all areas of practice for entry-level dietitians.
What is the dietetic internship?
This term describes using Indigenous knowledge and practices to protect and strengthen traditional food systems for future generations.
What is Indigenous Food Sovereignty?
A Starbucks venti pink drink with sweet cream cold foam contains about this many grams of sugar?
What is 48 grams of sugar?