Suggested new specialty of RDs - Asking for your input!

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Hi everyone, and I apologize for the cross-posting:

A new petition is been circulated to consider a new specialty in Nutrition.While

I could support a new specialty, I feel that this one would shadow our general

practice and specialty as the " Food and Nutrition Experts " in the eye of the

public. Yet, the group requesting for the specialty has a valid reason for

asking to be recognized as the specialists in Alternative and Complimentary

Nutrition. I could support that, but not the " Integrative and Functional

Medicine " part of it - A part I believe we are all required to practice under

the RD accreditation. I already submitted my opinion to AND (see email in the

attached memo as well as the link for the petition).Regardless of your support

of my opinion- I strongly suggest you look into this and send your input to

AND.Also - please forward it to as many RDs as possible so we could have max

exposure and input.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDN, CSGA dietitian, not the food police.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

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