Exploring the World of Nutrition and Dietetics
The world of nutrition and dietetics provides a rewarding career in applying expert knowledge of food and the physical and social sciences to help solve problems of food excesses, inadequate intake, or food insecurity. Nutrition deals with the science of how the body uses food that contains nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals to its full advantage; dietetics is the art of using food to make eating a pleasurable experience and provide abundant health and a long life for all.
The nutrition and dietetics programs prepares competent, entry-level dietitians to meet the needs of Seventh-day Adventist health care and educational facilities, as well as community based needs locally, nationally, and internationally. Alumni members currently serve across North America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. Several professional service opportunities are available, both nationally and internationally, after graduating from Loma Linda University. Come join our world.
The goals of the Coordinated Program in Nutrition and Dietetics are to:
1. Prepare graduates to be competent entry-level dietitians who are eligible to write the Registration Examination for Dietitians.
2. Prepare graduates who are servant leaders in their chosen profession.
3. Provide professionally trained Registered Dietitians with either an emphasis in medical nutrition therapy or public health nutrition who may be employed by the healthcare and educational systems of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, or local, national, or international entities.
Program outcomes
Pass rate of first-time test takers on the registration examination. Over a five-year period, the pass rate for CP graduates taking the registration examination for the first time will be at least 80%.
Students enrolled in the professional courses in the third year of a bachelor-level CP or first year of a graduate level CP that are expected to complete program/degree requirements within 150% of the time planned for completion.
Over a five-year period, 70% or more of CP graduates who sought employment in dietetics will be employed within three months of program completion.
Program graduates will become servant leaders in their profession roles
Message from the program director
Careers in Dietetics 
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Contact us:
Email: nutrition@llu.edu
Phone: 1 (800) 422-4558; option 1, 4