NC State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger

Nutrition board says he needs a license to advocate dietary approaches
By Sara Burrows
Carolina Journal
Apr. 23, 2012

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CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle.

Chapter 90, Article 25 of the North Carolina General Statutes makes it a misdemeanor to “practice dietetics or nutrition” without a license. According to the law, “practicing” nutrition includes “assessing the nutritional needs of individuals and groups” and “providing nutrition counseling.”

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