EatRight RDN Directory Scraper — Dietitian Contacts

Scrape the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Find a Nutrition Expert directory for ~100,000 credentialed US Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) profiles. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the only nationally recognized credentialing body for RDNs in the United States, which means this directory is the authoritative source — not a self-reported contact list or an aggregator. Returns contact details, specialties, accepted insurance, languages, and telehealth availability.

What does the EatRight RDN Directory Scraper do?

The scraper walks the Academy's JSON listing API across ~974 US cities (for in-person RDNs) and 61 state-level queries (for telehealth-only RDNs), then enriches each unique RDN with detail-page fields such as full specialty list and insurance accepted. It deduplicates by RDN ID so each professional appears exactly once. No proxy is required — the eatright.org API serves public traffic.

What data does it extract?

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique RDN identifier from the directory
name	string	Full name including credentials (e.g. Jane Smith, MS RDN LDN)
credentials	string	Credential string parsed from name (e.g. MS RDN LDN)
practice_name	string	Practice or employer name
phone	string	Phone number formatted as (XXX) XXX-XXXX
email	string	Contact email when listed
website	string	Practice or personal website URL
address	string	Street address
city	string	City
state	string	Two-letter state code
zip	string	ZIP code
telehealth	boolean	RDN offers telehealth appointments
in_person	boolean	RDN offers in-person appointments
specialties	string	Specialties, pipe-separated (e.g. Diabetes|Sports Nutrition|Eating Disorders)
insurance_accepted	string	Accepted insurance or payment options, pipe-separated
languages	string	Languages spoken, pipe-separated
profile_url	string	Full URL to the RDN's eatright.org profile
scraped_at	string	ISO timestamp when the record was scraped

How to use it

Set states to the full state names you want, or leave it empty for all 50 states plus DC. Set maxItems to a small number for a test run, or 0 for the full directory.

{
  "states": ["California", "Texas", "New York"],
  "maxItems": 1000
}

{
  "states": [],
  "maxItems": 0
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
states	array	[]	Full US state names (e.g. California). Empty = all 50 states + DC.
maxItems	integer	10	Cap on records. 0 = scrape every available RDN.

Use cases

• Lead generation for pharma and supplement companies — The specialties field (pipe-separated) enables precise audience segmentation. Filter to specialties LIKE '%Diabetes%' or '%Sports Nutrition%' to reach RDNs who work directly in your product's therapeutic area rather than sending to the full 100k list. A targeted list of 2,000 diabetes-specialist RDNs converts better than a broad broadcast.

• Telehealth platform recruitment — Filter telehealth = true to find RDNs already offering remote visits. Cross-reference with languages to find bilingual candidates for specific markets.

• Insurance network adequacy verification — Match listed RDNs against in-network provider rosters using commission number and state to verify geographic coverage requirements for regulatory filings.

• Academic workforce research — Study the geographic distribution, specialty composition, and credentialing patterns of the US RDN workforce at the state or city level.

• Healthcare referral platforms — Source credentialed, contact-ready RDN profiles for referral directories or patient-matching tools, with the confidence that every record holds an Academy-recognized credential.

FAQ

How do I filter the output by specialty? Every record includes a specialties field with pipe-separated values (e.g. Diabetes|Eating Disorders|Sports Nutrition). In a CSV, filter the column using contains("Diabetes"). In SQL: WHERE specialties LIKE '%Diabetes%'. In Excel, use a column filter with "contains." The pipe separator means you can split the field into an array if your tooling supports it.

Is this data public? Yes. The Academy's Find a Nutrition Expert directory is publicly accessible without login. RDNs opt in to directory listing as part of their Academy membership.

What export formats are available? Apify supports JSON, CSV, Excel, and XML export directly from the dataset view.