Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association

CPSDA Registered Dietitians

Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association is a medical organization dedicated to Dietetics. Doctors and practitioners associated with CPSDA have special training and skill in assessing, diagnosing, and treating dietary and nutritional problems. Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association members perform nutritional counseling for people who wish to lose weight, have an eating disorder, need a customized diet for health reasons, experience food allergies or intolerances, suffer a digestive disorder, or wish to improve athletic ability. Dietetics is a medical specialty focused on the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. Significant diseases and conditions treated by many CPSDA members include anorexia, bulimia, diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, acid reflux, cancer, obesity, pregnancy, food allergy and intolerance, and celiac disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by CPSDA healthcare providers include creating exclusion diet plans, advising patients on supplement use, creating specialized diet plans for diabetic patients, offering patient and parental nutrition education, prescribing some types of medication, and referring patients to other specialists as needed.