The document outlines the history of the dietetics profession from ancient times to the present. It describes early dietary recommendations in Babylonian tablets and the Old Testament. It then covers developments in the Middle Ages such as the first clinical nutrition trial in China and the inclusion of diet in medical practice in the late 15th century. The outline continues with milestones in the 18th-19th centuries such as the identification of scurvy and beriberi as nutritional deficiency diseases. It concludes with developments in the 20th century like the establishment of internships and the roles of dietitians in world wars and government programs.

1. Chapter 1 Outline
I. The profession is born
A. The very beginning
1. Dietary recommendations on Babylonian stone tablets
2. Dietary advice in the Old Testament
3. Scurvy described in the Ebers papyrus
B. The middle ages
1. A clinical trial to evaluate ginseng during the Song dynasty
2. Hospital records of 1123 show patients received bread and beer
3. In 1478 diet becomes a part of medical practice
4. Weight loss books begin to appear in the late 1600s
C. Progress in the 18th and 19th centuries
1. First U.S. hospitals serve patients mush, molasses, and beer
2. Lavoisier does the first modern, scientific research on nutrition
3. James Lind conducts clinical trials on scurvy
4. English hospitals serve patients meat, bread, beer, and pudding
5. Florence Nightingale improves sanitation and diet of soldiers
6. The low carbohydrate, high protein diet first appears
7. Iowa Agriculture School is the first to offer cookery courses
8. The first American dietitian, Sarah Tyson Rorer, begins to teach nutrition at her
cooking school
9. Beriberi is identified as a nutritional deficiency disease
10. The term dietitian is first used in 1899
D. The young profession in the 20th century
1. First internship is established
2. Casimir Funk isolates and identifies four vitamins
3. The American Red Cross enrolls dietitians for military duty during World War
I
4. The American Dietetic Association is formed
5. Dieto-therapy is practiced using many special diets no longer in use today
6. Legislation leads to the employment of nutrition consultants in state
departments of health
7. The practice of dietetics broadens beyond health care
8. World War II contributes to the public recognition of dietitians
9. The National School Lunch Act of 1946 expands dietetics
10. Dietitians are actively recruited for the Korean War
11. A steady stream of weight loss programs, formulas, and diet books continues
12. The civil rights movement of the 1960s results in several USDA food
assistance programs with a nutrition education component
13. Dietitians take an active role in the Vietnam conflict
E. Entering the 21st century
1. Trend is toward preventive care
2. Several priority areas have been identified
3. On January 1, 2012, the American Dietetic Association officially becomes the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

2. F. Summary
1. A timeline of selected milestones in dietetic history