Dietetics Resources

Engaging with different types of resources will help you understand your industry on a deeper level.

Caution

When using resources on this guide, continue to evaluate credibility and relevance for your audience. A resource can be considered credible in one situation but questionable in another, or its quality can suddenly degrade. Additionally, credible resources can still contain problematic content like content marketing, inaccurate opinion pieces, flawed research, or misrepresented evidence.

Professional Organizations

Professional organizations and trade associations promote their industries and and provide networking opportunities to members. Their websites offer information and educational materials for professionals in the industry.

The following examples are professional organizations for professionals in nutrition-related fields:

A practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Scholarly Publications or Medical Journals

See the Ebling Library’s list of journals related to nutrition to find publications aligned with your interests. The following list is not exhaustive.

If you’re interested in a different healthcare field, see Ebling’s list of Health Sciences Journals, organized by Subject.

Trade Journals

Trade journals or trade magazines provide industry-specific insights, giving prospective professionals an insider’s view of the field.

The following examples are trade publications with a focus on nutrition and dietetics:

Popular Magazines

Popular magazines, although aimed at a general audience, can be useful for understanding an industry in a larger context or from a consumer’s point of view. In dietetics, looking critically at the types of articles that patients might share on social media can help dieticians understand patients’ points of view.

Popular magazines that address diet and health include:

Popular magazines that address business and management issues that might be useful to dieticians include:

Newspapers

Newspapers cover current events relevant to professionals in all fields.

Newspapers with extensive health, nutrition, and workplace issues coverage include:

New York Times

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Wall Street Journal

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Podcasts

Most industries have reputable experts who podcast about their chosen field, providing an insider’s look. These types of information resources vary widely and require vetting, but can be credible.

The following resources offer perspectives relevant to dietetics as an industry:

Books

Most industries have notable books that insiders find useful or that have had an influence on that industry. Asking insiders is the best way to find out which books are considered essential in your field.

Here are a few examples of influential books:

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year Of Food Life (Barbara Kingsolver)
Bad Choices In Our Food System (Lydia Zepeda)
Discovering Nutrition (Paul Insel)
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach (Evelyn Tribole)
Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew The Science Of What We Eat (Marion Nestle)
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat (Aubrey Gordon)