Dietitian

And at the 11th International Weight Stigma Conference, which was hosted by Griffith University on the Gold Coast earlier this year, I chaired the panel you'll hear today on Big Ideas, exploring the ways that health services fail many Australians and what's at the heart of a movement called Weight Inclusive or Health at Every Size Healthcare.

Ana Jimenez-Torres is a clinical psychologist and founder of a practice called the Elemental Collective, dietitian and bioethicist.

Dr Fiona Willer is current president of Dietitians Australia, a lecturer in nutrition and dietetics at Queensland University of Technology, founder of the Health Not Diets consultancy and host of the Unpacking Weight Science podcast.

Tracy Taylor-Beck is the interim CEO of Women's Health in the North, a women's health promotion and advocacy organisation in Melbourne.

She led a report called Towards Size-Inclusive Health Promotion.

That's a pretty typical kind of scenario.

So in a weight-centric world, that person, if their BMI is higher, might go to the dietitian.

Dietitian says, right, well, let's lose some weight and change these things.

Welcome to your GLP-1 Bestie, the podcast for those of us navigating life on GLP-1s who are tired of doing it alone.

I'm Gianna, registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and your go-to bestie for all things GLP-1s.

I've been on a GLP-1 myself since 2022.

Here, we're breaking down the science, cutting through the noise, and helping you feel confident in your journey because you deserve support, not confusion.

If you are new here, welcome.

I'm Gianna.

I am a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and your GLP-1 bestie.

I have been on a GLP-1 myself for over four years now, since 2022.

What does a registered dietitian actually do all day? Is it really just about meal plans and telling people what to eat? Today, I'm talking with a registered dietitian, and we're going to find out what it's really like working in this field.

Today, on Time to Discuss, I want to welcome Samina Qureshi, and it's time we discuss what it's like working as a registered dietitian, board-certified specialist in digestive health.

Samina, thank you so much for joining me today.

Thanks for having me.

This is going to be great.

So we need to set the stage properly here with some definitions.

So what exactly is a registered dietitian?

A registered dietitian is a recognized medical professional.

Hey, and welcome back to another Weighty Conversations.

I'm your host, Dr. Spencer Nadolsky with my co-host, the wonderful Summer the Dietitian, Summer Kessel.

Today we have another awesome person who's gone through a journey, Ms. Karen Willock.

She's going to tell us all about everything, what she has gone through with her weight loss, trials and tribulations.

Today, I have got four powerhouse women, four different lenses on the same mission, helping you to understand what is actually happening in your body at midlife.

So we've got a neuroscientist, a fitness and menopause expert, a family physician who specializes in menopause care, and a registered dietitian.

They are all together All ready to dig into the topics that you ask me most about.

All topics that impact us as women 40 plus in midlife and beyond.

She's got a background in personal training and years spent researching menopause science.

Amanda has become one of the most trusted voices helping women navigate strength training and exercise and body composition changes through midlife and beyond.

And Alissa Steinberg, she is a registered dietitian, a certified diabetes educator with with over 15 years of clinical and academic experience, including roles at SickKids Hospital, Unity Health, and the Markham Family Health Team, and at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine.

She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner candidate, specializing in the metabolic, hormonal, and digestive dimensions of women's health.

Welcome to the Dietitian Business Podcast.

I'm your host, dietitian and business coach, Maggy Doherty.

In today's episode, we have a guest interview with Katherine Dittman, who's a fellow registered dietitian in private practice and founder of that incredible Facebook group, Dietitians in Private Practice, that has over 14,000 dietitians.

We get an amazing perspective after she's had hundreds of conversations with successful private practice dietitians.

We talk about the role of luck, timing, and circumstance in building a private practice, and how we sometimes hear stories about hard work, strategy, and mindset.

[intro jingle] If you're a dietitian in private practice, there's a pretty good chance you've found yourself in her Facebook group asking a question, searching for help, or helping another dietitian.

She's built one of the most supportive and free online communities in our profession, and I'm so excited to have her here today.

Katherine is the founder of Dietitians in Private Practice Facebook group with more than 14,000 members.

And then I did some work for her team doing some writing on mental health and disability concerns.

And then I've done content creation for Today's Dietitian, doing a full webinar on empathetic nutrition counseling.

And then I've spent about two years bringing it to different state chapters of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

I just like to bring awareness to the dietetics profession on how to be kinder practitioners when it comes to helping people with disabilities and supporting their family members and caregivers.

Yeah.

And then the calories can be 300 to 500 calories.

I got some of these guidelines from an article that was published in 2018 from Today's Dietitian.

Great.