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Many dietitians are speaking out against their profession, and how its majority white leaders promote a homogeneous practice that pushes a "kale and quinoa" diet and excludes them and their clients who don't fit with white/cis/thin ideals. My report: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/dining/dietitian-diversity.html
Becoming a dietitian is an expensive and exclusionary process, involving, among other things, a lengthy unpaid internship, during which one dietitian told me she couldn't afford to feed herself.
And then there are the educational materials that push salmon/brown rice/broccoli at the expense of normalizing different cuisines, and teaching dietitians how to listen to cultural preferences.
One dietitian told me they were scared to come out as nonbinary to their graduate school dietetics class because the profession is so homogeneous, and it is exceptionally hard to succeed or feel comfortable when your identity falls outside of that.
The first Black president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (the profession's governing body) told me that even when she was president, other academy members were constantly snubbing her, calling her an "angry Black woman" behind her back.
yes, dietetics can feel niche, but I think this story is relevant for anyone who eats! Think about what the media/magazines/Insta tend to define as "healthy eating" or a "healthy body." Chances are that picture is not very diverse. I applaud the dietitians trying to change this.
