The Academy believes that research is the foundation of the profession providing the basis for practice, education, and policy decisions.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Health Information Infrastructure
- ANDHII is an online tool, available free to Academy members
- Designed to guide dietetics practitioners through each step of the Nutrition Care Process, ANDHII collects nutrition care impact data for use in public policy and quality improvement research
Nutrition Research Network (Formerly, DPBRN)
- Network of registered dietitian nutritionists who are members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and participate in practice-based research
- Provides research education resources and opportunities to participate in research
Exploring Quality Improvement
- Find out the differences between Quality Improvement (QI) and research through project examples and learn how to design and execute your own quality improvement project
- Access the recorded presentation here
Evidence Analysis Library (EAL)
- The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics EAL is a synthesis of the best, most relevant nutritional research on important dietetic practice questions
- Housed within an accessible, online, user-friendly library
- Objective and transparent methodology to assess food and nutrition-related science
Introducing Academy Secondary Databases
- Introduction to de-identified data and describe how it can be a good entry point into scientific research
- Special ethical considerations for working with this data are discussed
- Learn about secondary datasets newly available through the Academy's Dietetics Practice Based Research Network and the process for obtaining the data
- Access the recorded presentation here
Kids Eat Right
Practice Papers
- Practice papers are a critical analysis of the current research literature that addresses a practice topic to translate science to practice
- These provide nutrition and dietetic professionals with information to enhance critical reasoning and quality improvement in dietetics practice