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# dietitian

«dietitian» in Mova's school dictionary: **a trained health worker who gives expert advice about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dietitian, dietitians — also spelled dietician)

### meaning for a pupil

A dietitian is a trained health worker who gives expert advice about food and healthy eating, often in hospitals, to help people with illnesses or special needs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, a dietitian helps plan meals for people with diabetes, allergies or other conditions, and schools may use dietitians to plan healthy lunches. In everyday life, a dietitian is a qualified expert, unlike some people online who give food advice. Common phrases: «see a dietitian», «hospital dietitian», «registered dietitian».

### examples

- The dietitian helped my cousin plan meals without gluten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x1)
- A hospital dietitian checks what patients can eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x2)
- The school asked a dietitian to plan healthier lunches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x3)
- My dad saw a dietitian after his heart operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x4)
- Dietitians study science at university for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x5)
- The dietitian said I should eat more vegetables and fewer crisps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x6)
- Athletes often work with a dietitian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/#x7)

### note

Plural: dietitians. Both spellings «dietitian» and «dietician» are used; «dietitian» is more common. Say die-uh-TISH-un. In the UK, «dietitian» is a protected title for qualified people; a «nutritionist» may have less training.

### In the corpora

- [Dietitians suggest eating oily fish, such as salmon or sardines, about once a week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil/11/)
- [Doctors and dietitians agree vegetables matter for health.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dietitian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dietitian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.