Glossary
Dietetic Technician Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential dietetic technician terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key dietetic technician vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in dietetic technician training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- BMI
- Body mass index.
- Calorie count
- Tracking food intake.
- Carbohydrate counting
- Tracking carbs for diabetes.
- Diet order
- Prescribed diet.
- Food allergy
- Immune reaction to food.
- Low-sodium diet
- Limited salt.
- Malnutrition
- Poor nutrition status.
- NPO
- Nothing by mouth.
- Nutrition screening
- Identifying nutrition risk.
- Registered dietitian
- Licensed nutrition professional.
- Supplement
- Extra nutrition drink or product.
- Texture-modified diet
- Pureed or soft foods.
- Therapeutic diet
- A diet for a medical condition.
- Tray line
- Assembling patient meals.
- WIC
- Nutrition program for mothers and kids.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Dietetic Technician practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Dietetic Technician training.
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