RDN Training

November 26, 2025

Expanding the Registered Dietitian’s Role in Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention

A quality improvement project was conducted to supplement eating disorder relapse prevention efforts by Registered Dietitians (RDs) at Seattle Children’s Adolescent Medicine Clinic. As part of a broader effort to standardize the nutrition workflow, a standard process document was updated to ensure inclusion of relapse prevention elements for the final nutrition appointment of the eating…

Case Study: Toddler with Limited Food Acceptance Complicated by Other Factors

This student examined a case study of a 19-month-old child (TG) with slowed growth due to limited food acceptance and cow’s milk allergy. The child’s oral intake was further limited by household concern about food allergies, parental food beliefs and dietary choices, the parents’ low nutritional knowledge, and reduced breastfeeding during the mother’s second pregnancy….

Nutritional Interventions in Severe Road Rash

This student reviewed a case study of a 21-year-old male patient admitted to Harborview Medical Center with severe road rash with partial- and full-thickness burns suffered from being dragged underneath a car for multiple city blocks. The patient arrived at the hospital intubated and sedated. Although the patient showed no signs of wasting, no nutrition…

October 15, 2025

Greeshma Mallya

Why did you choose UW? For me, UW checked every box. The program was one of the few that blended nutrition science with a big picture approach to food, health, and equity. I was especially excited about the RDN training through the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics (GCPD) because of the program’s connections to Seattle…

September 16, 2025

Food Policy Entities in Washington State: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Capital

Food systems—and the policies and structures that govern them—are complex, and food policy entities (FPEs) are one way that communities navigate this complexity. Efforts are underway to increase coordination among FPEs, and exploring how FPEs describe their structure, activities, and experience with social capital can support these coordination efforts. This thesis aims to characterize local…

Executive Function, Eating Competence, and the Feeding Relationship in Parents of Preschool-Aged Children

The Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR) is a commonly used feeding framework to establish healthy eating and feeding relationships in preschool-aged children. Eating competence is positively associated with adherence to the sDOR. Both eating competence and adherence to the sDOR require executive functioning skills but little is known about the relationship between executive…

August 14, 2025

The Intersection of Culture, Eating Habits and Eating Competence Among U.S.-Born vs. Immigrant Southeast Asian College Students

Southeast Asian (SEA) countries have a shared culture that is distinct from the vaguely defined “Asian culture,” a nuance that is lost in U.S.-based research that reports racial demographic groups as opposed to ethnic ones. SEA cultures share characteristics in their relationship to food and mealtimes, and understanding these cultural influences on eating habits can…

Nutritional Adequacy of the Planetary Health Diet Improved by More Nutrient-Rich Foods: Analyses of the FAO Food Composition Tables for Western Africa

The EAT-Lancet planetary health diet (PHD) was designed to meet nutritional needs while staying within planetary boundaries. This study tested nutrient adequacy of the PHD using the Food and Agriculture Organization Food Composition Tables for Western Africa (WAFCT). WAFCT food items (n=596) were aggregated into PHD categories (n=21). Median energy, protein and micronutrient content were…

Affordable Nutrient Density of Aquatic Foods in the FAO uFISH Database Assessed Using Nutrient Rich Food Price Index

Fish and shellfish have the potential to improve global public health by alleviating protein-energy malnutrition and closing micronutrient gaps. The aim of this study was to determine nutrient density of fish and shellfish in the FAO/INFOODS uFISH database using the Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) index and compare their affordability in relation to protein and priority…

Towards Achieving Latino Food Equity: Insights from Latino Community Leaders in Central Eastern Washington

Latino Food Equity acknowledges the diverse cultural and socioeconomic factors that influence food access and consumption within the Latino community, promoting more inclusive and effective strategies to achieve food equity. This is a qualitative sub-study of the Food Research and Equity Collaborative (FrEsCo), and it aims to document the perception of community leaders in Central…

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