dietitians

I recently had the incredible opportunity to interview Elizabeth Ward, a registered dietitian and author of Expect the Best: Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During and After Pregnancy. She was gracious and knowledgeable and consented to a brief interview during BlogHer ‘09, where she shared her tips and hints for living a healthy lifestyle.

DietsInReview.com is pleased to announce the addition of Rebecca Scritchfield MA, RD, LD to its health and wellness team. Rebecca will fulfill the role of dietitian at DietsInReview.com, providing readers with expert guidance on the ways in which health and nutrition can better their lives and help them to attain their personal weight loss goals.

You would like to think that when people sign up to be a dietitian, they not only have their future clients’ best interests in mind, but that they have a positive outlook. But according to a new study, only two percent of people training to be dietitians have positive – or even neutral – attitudes toward people who are obese.

Um, two percent?

Most of the nearly 200 dietetic students from the study had a negative view about the attractiveness, self-control, overeating, insecurity, and self-esteem of obese people. They also rated obese patients as less likely than non-obese patients to comply with treatment recommendations.