What Research Dietitians do

Research dietitians conduct human trials that will help them get a better understanding of how to treat and prevent diseases through nutrition. Dietitians in this sub-category can work in private industries. They can help with product developments for companies. They can also be an account manager in the food and pharmaceuticals industries. According to Jean Cerami "[There are] a lot of community based research, like school meals and childhood obesity" (Cerami). She also stated that dietitians write literature pieces using the scientific method. Dietitians also write peer-review journals, which are articles that involve experimental data performed by professionals; these professionals will have their peers review them to validate their results (Cerami). They must write formally with no grammatical errors because other professionals and students will read the articles. Cerami states that "[Dietitians publish their peer-review journals] in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, it used to be the American Dietetics Association" (Cerami). They mainly write peer-review journals because this field does not deal with fictional information like stories in other professions.