Can a nutritionist be called a doctor?

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4 years ago
The term nutritionalist is not protected in most countries, allowing most anyone to use the title. Thus, you could not call all nutritionalists doctors. Dieticians on the other hand a accredited and doctors.

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Joy Banerjee
9 years ago
The health issues most of the time depends on our diet and nutrition is also a branch of medical science, which deals with these problems. So, someone who is a nutrition expert is a doctor.

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4 years ago
"Doctor" is a level of educational attainment, although it is often used to refer to medical professionals. If someone has a Ph.D. (a doctorate) then they may be referred to as Dr, regardless of their field of study. The fact that someone works in healthcare or the medical field is irrelevant - if t

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