Dietetics
Health & Fitness Club
Possible Careers in Dietetics
Hospitals, HMOs and other health care facilities
Educate patients about nutrition and administering MNT
May mange foodservice operations, clinical nutrition teams
M.D. or D.O. with an undergraduate degree in nutrition
Nursing with nutrition as a second degree or supplemental coursework
Manager of medical teams (more than just RDs)
Psychiatry and Psychology working with eating disorder counseling and recovery
Sports Nutrition
Educate athletes on the connection between their athletic performance and their lifestyle choices
Personal trainer for a gym
Personal trainer for a collegiate or professional team
Work in an athletic enhancement facility specifically for athletes
Dual-degree or Masters in Exercise science
Physical Therapist
Nutrition undergraduate degree
Corporate Wellness Programs
Educate employees and implement programs and incentives to help employees reach goals
Possibly lower health care costs and/or insurance costs
Specialty food service operations in businesses and organizations
Food and Nutrition-Related Business and Industries
Work in communication
Have your own TV show
Be a spokesperson for a food or nutrition related business
Work with consumer affairs
That number you call when you have questions or comments about a product
Obtain an MBA and work in any field of business
Marketing for products and services
Product development
Create new foods and food combinations
Develop special allergen free foods
Culinary arts
Baker
Private Practice
Work under contract with health care or food companies
Provide services to foodservice or restaurant managers, food vendors, food distributors, athletes, nursing home residents, or company employees
You are your own boss and choose who you do business with, how many clients you have, and how many hours you would like to work
Start your own business where people come to you for consults
Entrepreneurial
Restaurant
Bakery
Dinner by Design
Home delivered meals
Consulting firm dealing with whatever area of nutrition you are interested in
Weight loss, eating disorders, special diets/allergies
Community and Public Health
Teaching the public and implementing programs to improve the quality of life in a community through healthy eating
Undergraduate degree in nutrition followed by an MPH
Work at the state or national level to develop public policies dealing with nutrition and wellness (i.e. trans-fat controversy)
Work with epidemiologists (or be an epidemiologist!) to determine trends and relations in health and lifestyle choices
Teach medical professionals how to properly educate and monitor patients with nutritional problems
Social Work or Psychology dual degree or minor
Work with troubled or abused individuals or in assisted housing
Cooking classes
Proper nutrition
Food safety and sanitation
Governmental Level / Public Policy
Work for the CDC, EPA, FDA, or USDA
Inspector of food, services, and/or goods
Work on creating new laws and legislation
Monitor various mandates, such as food labels, standards of identity, etc…
Be a cook, chef, baker, or nutritionist in the White House!
Universities and Medical Centers
Be a professor – MS minimum, usually PhD required
Often involves research (unless you do not enjoy this, then you could opt for a smaller school or they may have other options)
Teach physicians, other professors, nurses, dietetic students, food science students, physical therapists, MS and PhD students, and other various fields related to health
Research
Work at food companies, universities, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies
Direct experiments
Conduct experiments
Part of team to interpret data and make proper recommendations
Find alternative foods
Other
Pharmaceutical representative
Write a book that deals with an aspect of nutrition
Write for a newspaper or magazine
Start your own magazine
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