Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians
The Dietitians program licenses and regulates dietitians in Texas. A license is required to use the titles “Licensed Dietitian” and “Provisionally Licensed Dietitian.” A license is not required to use the titles “Dietitian” or “Nutritionist.”
“Dietetics” means the professional discipline of applying and integrating scientific principles of food, nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, management, and behavioral and social sciences under different health, social, cultural, physical, psychological, and economic conditions for the proper nourishment, care, and education of an individual or group throughout the life cycle to achieve and maintain human health. The term includes the development, management, and provision of nutrition services.
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