Nutritionalist. Food police. Dietician. Registered dietitian nutritionists endure a lot of misunderstandings about their job title and what they do. In this episode, we make it easy to understand the roles RDNs play in our daily lives, including working with patients in hospitals, engaging shoppers at the grocery store level, building the school lunch menu, influencing menus at chain restaurants and more. We discuss how the National Peanut Board promotes peanuts to this important group through exciting programs like Certified Peanut Pro, ambassadors, harvest tours, retail outreach, and what the future of the profession looks like. Our episode features RDNs Sherry Coleman Collins of NPB, Lyndi Wieand of Weis Markets and Rhea Napeek Bartlett from agency Fleishman Hillard, and chef Patrick McDonnell and Virginia peanut farmers Jeffrey and Stephanie Pope.

 Show Notes: 

Bryan, M. A., Evans, Y., Morishita, C., Midamba, N., & Moreno, M. (2020). Parental                        perceptions of the internet and social media as a source of pediatric health information.                Academic Pediatrics, 20(1), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2019.09.009

Is social media changing the doctor-patient relationship? American Academy of Family Physicians . (2018, June 8). Retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20180608commsurveys.html

 Surani, Z., Hirani, R., Elias, A., Quisenberry, L., Varon, J., Surani, S., & Surani, S. (2017). Social media usage among health care providers. BMC Research Notes, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2993-y

Peanut Pro Certification

PeanutsinSchools.org

Music attribution:  Dream Allegory by One Man Book
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