Registered Dietitian Nutritionists as Leaders in Lifestyle and Culinary Medicine.

ABSTRACT: Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) are uniquely positioned to lead in Lifestyle Medicine, Culinary Medicine and Food is Medicine, overlapping initiatives currently gaining momentum in health care. To become a credentialed practitioner, RDNs must demonstrate competency as outlined in The Scope and Standards of Practice defined by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Many CDR competencies align with the interventional and operational components necessary to deliver and direct effective Lifestyle Medicine (LM) and Culinary Medicine (CM) initiatives. Capitalizing on the skills and expertise of RDNs trained in LM and CM is an effective strategy to address the Quintuple Aim of better health care outcomes, lower

SUBMITTER: Wilson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806448 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature