Rosemary Stanton
 Photograph of Rosemary Stanton, n.d.
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Portrait of Rosemary Stanton, 1992, by Gary Ede
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Rosemary Alison Stanton (née Finley) (born, 5 June 1944, Sydney, New South Wales) (OAM) is an Australian nutritionist and dietician. Stanton has been called "the first 'celebrity' dietitian". As of 2001, Stanton had written 29 books and over 3000 articles and had a regular spot on Burke's Backyard. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1998 for her services to community health. She has been awarded with an honorary doctorate for her publications and role in public health, and is a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales.
During her childhood, Stanton's family were members of the Plymouth Brethren. While Stanton had wanted to go to university to become a medical doctor, financial subsidies were being offered for being a nutritionist and dietician at the New South Wales Department of Health. Stanton worked there from 1966 to 1968. Stanton had a regular column in Cleo.
Stanton is well known for her criticism of margarine and sugar, and has been described as "renowned for her no-nonsense approach to nutrition advice". A reviewer of her Healthy Living Cookbook in 1998 criticised Stanton for only including information on kilojoules, not kilocalories, and the recipes lacking preparation times. She is an advocate for organic food, arguing that it has fewer contaminants and that production of organic food is less damaging to the environment.
Stanton is a member of the Dietary Guidelines Working Committee, which revised the federal Department of Health's Australian Dietary Guidelines. Stanton has received the Food Media Nutrition Writers Award in 2008, 2001 and 1995.
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