Ketchum author Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND'

Dylan is a Senior Nutrition Specialist with Ketchum and a fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics who works across nutrition, food, beverage, ingredient, agriculture and wellness accounts to ensure accuracy in reporting science and research communications, as well as providing strategic reputation management counsel.

He is a Registered Dietitian and received his Masters from Texas Tech University. Dylan has presented research at conferences including The Obesity Society’s Obesity Week, the American Society for Nutrition’s annual nutrition meeting, Experimental Biology, the Association for Healthcare Social Media’s annual meeting and the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo.

Dylan has also published several scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include appetite hormones, obesity, weight bias, feeding behaviors, diversity in the dietetic profession and the impostor phenomenon among nutrition and dietetics professionals. He has been featured in publications including Food and Nutrition Magazine and Practice Applications of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dylan also spends time mentoring students about the growing field of nutrition communications and precepting dietetic interns from internships around the country.

Dylan was involved on the executive committee of the Cultures of Gender and Age Member Interest Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is also the current Social Media Chair for the Early Career Nutrition Interest Group of the American Society for Nutrition.

Posts: Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND

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Environmentally Sustainable Solutions to Eradicate Hunger and Improve Health

by Jillian Semaan and Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND | October 6, 2022

A major component of the National Strategy coming out of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health is reliant on partnerships with companies and nonprofits. In fact, private companies have committed over $8 billion in investments to help reach the White House’s goals.   What’s very clear coming out of this groundswell of […]

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What Food Marketing and Comms Pros Should Know—and Do—About the New Dietary Guidelines

by Lisa Bruno, MS, RD and Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND | January 19, 2021

In case you missed it, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) in the typically quiet week between Christmas and the New Year. The DGAs are critically important for food policy decisions and will shape the general guidance on consumer eating patterns […]

Nutrition Education Content

To Create Breakthrough Nutrition Education Content, Check in with Chicken

by Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND | September 3, 2020

Think about how much chicken you eat in a year. If you’re like the average American, that’s estimated to be some 96.1 pounds of chicken. You may find yourself buying so much chicken because, compared to other sources of protein, you’ve heard that it’s healthier, more convenient, has better family appeal, is affordable and even […]

Should You Salt Your Grapefruit? How the Food Science Research of Today Fuels the Communications of Tomorrow

Should You Salt Your Grapefruit? How the Food Science Research of Today Fuels the Communications of Tomorrow

by Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND | July 11, 2018

Grapefruits can be bitter, so how do we make them have a more pleasurable taste? A light dusting of sugar is often the logical solution. But, there’s an alternative option to achieve a sweeter taste. Salt. How do we know this works? We have research to thank. Salt brands in the 1940s certainly did, as […]