Nutrition Education Nutritionist providers in the U.S.
1,689 NPPES records list nutrition education nutritionist as their primary taxonomy, about 0.5 per 100,000 residents; North Dakota and Oregon have the most per resident. 1 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 133NN1002X means
133NN1002X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Nutritionist, Nutrition, Education, in the grouping Dietary & Nutritional Service Providers. 1,689 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 133NN1002X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
San Diego has the most, 81
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 133NN1002X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 12 | 0.2 |
| Alaska | 4 | 0.5 |
| Arizona | 46 | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 9 | 0.3 |
| California | 305 | 0.8 |
| Colorado | 63 | 1.1 |
| Connecticut | 26 | 0.7 |
| Delaware | 6 | 0.6 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 0.9 |
| Florida | 76 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 45 | 0.4 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0.1 |
| Idaho | 8 | 0.4 |
| Illinois | 37 | 0.3 |
| Indiana | 16 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | 5 | 0.2 |
| Kansas | 3 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 13 | 0.3 |
| Maine | 5 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 66 | 1.1 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 35 | 0.3 |
| Minnesota | 21 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 19 | 0.3 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 5 | 0.4 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 0.5 |
| Nevada | 17 | 0.5 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 0.7 |
| New Jersey | 73 | 0.8 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 0.5 |
| New York | 107 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | 34 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | 12 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 24 | 0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | 0.6 |
| Oregon | 52 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 37 | 0.3 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 0.8 |
| South Carolina | 15 | 0.3 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 43 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 103 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 26 | 0.8 |
| Vermont | 6 | 0.9 |
| Virginia | 23 | 0.3 |
| Washington | 51 | 0.7 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 0.4 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code133NN1002X · Nutritionist
- Size rank219th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family2nd of 2 Nutritionist codes, 29.8% of the family
- Part D prescribers1 (0.1% of records)
- Part D claims4,209 a year per prescriber, on average (7th of 496)
- Industry payments4 physicians paid $99K in 2024, $25K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of nutrition education nutritionist records
- Suanne Sikkema, M.S., C.N.S.Anchorage, AK1700245222
- Danielle KalbfleischAnchorage, AK1558785618
- Jodi Tansky, CNTPNorth Pole, AK1548705924
- Joseph Frost, R.D.Ketchikan, AK1407987456
- Polly KingBessemer, AL1114515962
- Meg Sanderson, R.D., L.D.Helena, AL1124255781
- Sandra Vinson, R.D.Birmingham, AL1215125810
- Alison Hulsey, RD, LDBirmingham, AL1710115126
- Kelsey TuckerRogersville, AL1598577587
- Kelci SmithmeyerHarvest, AL1689523201
- Kathrine Burke, NUTRITION EDUCATORHazel Green, AL1578317863
- Jennifer Strother, CFNMadison, AL1942888029
- Shonda Miller, M.S.Huntsville, AL1770128704
- Shaunnan CookHuntsville, AL1144036310
- Debbie Vail, NCTuskegee, AL1821482944
- Bernadine Peters, NUTRITIONISTSMobile, AL1013455641
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Nutrition Education Nutritionist headcount concentrate?
1,689 Nutrition Education Nutritionist NPIs span 53 states; California alone holds 305. Top metros include San Diego, CA; San Juan, PR; Houston, TX; Denver, CO. Nationally this is 219th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Nutrition Education Nutritionist's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 4 Nutrition Education Nutritionist physicians totaling $99K (243 payments; average $25K, 12th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Nutrition Education Nutritionist Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Nutrition Education Nutritionist NPIs, 1 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 4,209 claims and $704K drug cost per prescriber; 7th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.