Dietitian vs sports nutritionist

Differences between dietitian and sports nutritionist duties and responsibilities

Dietitian example responsibilities.

• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Prioritize initial/quarterly/consult assessments, interventions and progress monitoring for long-term care, rehabilitation and post acute patients.
• Design and provide individualize nutrition counseling to promote healthy behavior modifications for a variety of home health care patients.
• Counsele post-op patients to ensure dietary compliance, nutritional adequacy and formulation of weight management goals throughout their post-operative course.
• Perform indirect calorimetry to measure resting metabolic rates (RMR).
• Work as part of research team on a large-scale NIH clinical trial.
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Sports nutritionist example responsibilities.

• Inspire patients to proactively manage their diabetes, to include administering insulin and taking prescribe medications.
• Formulate individualized nutrition care plans, monitor progress, and adjust goal-oriented interventions as appropriate for patients in an outpatient setting.
• Assess members BMI and body fat.
• Provide motivational coaching and emotional support to clientele.