“A Politics of Knowledge”: Reviewing the Dietetics Curriculum

This article is an experiential account of dietetic education, which examines some of the perceived and encountered structures of training that students undergo in the UK. It will briefly outline current structures of undergraduate dietetic training in the UK and then examine entry criteria to dietetic programmes, teaching methods and the juxtaposition of scientific enquiry as frameworks that limit the production of dieticians with diverse experience and perspectives. This article makes suggestions for how dietetic education may be improved to produce dieticians that have a holistic approach to food, eating and health as a means to tackling inequalities in health.