Editorial
Editorial Standards & Peer Review
RD Recommended applies the standards we would want applied to anything we cited in a chart note: credentialed authorship, methodological transparency, and peer review by a practicing dietitian outside the author's primary specialty.
Authorship
Every piece is written by a credentialed dietitian — minimum credentials are RDN or RD as recognized by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Where additional credentials are relevant to the topic (CSSD for sport, CDCES for diabetes care, IBCLC for lactation), the author byline notes them.
Author bylines are never anonymous and never group-attributed without a named editor of record.
Peer review
Research pieces (surveys and cohort analyses), case studies, and app reviews are reviewed by at least one Registered Dietitian who was not involved in the writing and whose specialty differs from the author's primary practice area. Reviewer names and the review date are disclosed on the article.
Practitioner explainers and editorial pieces receive editor review but are not formally peer-reviewed; this is noted on the piece.
Methodology disclosure
Survey and cohort pieces include a methodology section disclosing sample frame, recruitment, instrument validation, response rate, and any analytic decisions. App reviews disclose evaluation criteria, weight assignments, test devices, test foods, and version numbers.
References
Every research piece carries numbered references in a footnote-style block at the bottom of the article. We cite peer-reviewed nutrition and sports-medicine literature first; secondary sources (industry-published methodology, professional society position papers) are clearly labeled.
Conflict of interest
Editors and contributing dietitians disclose any financial relationship with reviewed products, including software vendors, supplement companies, and food manufacturers. Disclosures appear on the article and in the contributor page.
RD Recommended does not accept paid placements, sponsored content, or affiliate-driven rankings. Where we link to a vendor's site, no affiliate tracking is appended.
Corrections
Substantive corrections are noted at the bottom of the article with the date and the substance of the change. Minor edits (typography, broken link) are made silently.
Scope
Content is written for nutrition professionals and is not individual medical advice. Patients and consumers reading our material should consult their own credentialed clinician before changing nutrition therapy.