Can a nutritionist be called a doctor?
Asked by Eeshaa Deshpande
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2 Answers
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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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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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