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2025 Recorded Symposium Session: Institutional Mistrust: The RD s Role in Restoring and Rebuilding Faith in Public Health and Evidence-Based Nutrition

2025 Recorded Symposium Session: Institutional Mistrust: The RD s Role in Restoring and Rebuilding Faith in Public Health and Evidence-Based Nutrition

In June of 2024, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) published their annual Food and Health Survey and reported a new finding since 2022: trust in information from government agencies about what foods to eat and what foods to avoid has dropped significantly, specifically among Millennials. At the 2024 Today s Dietitian Spring Symposium we learned that a growing sentiment of mistrust in public health institutions and peer-reviewed research contributed to a rising conspiracy theory that health care professionals including RDs have financial interests that are inextricably linked to big food or big pharma. In other words, not only are government outlets untrustworthy when it comes to reliable food data and information, you also can t trust dietitians they re part of the group who are keeping us sick. As a Millennial dietitian in media and communications, Jaclyn London will officially tackle this topic head-on: how and why we got here; what factors contribute to the sense of mistrust among patients about dietitians; and what we can do to rebuild, restore, and solidify the dietitian brand. Jaclyn will discuss how five key factors contributed to the degradation of trust in dietitians by the public and she will explore strategies dietitians can implement to rebuild trust, restore faith, and deepen, enhance, and solidify their professional credibility right now, and for decades to come.

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