Nutritionist
"Have a new life with a new diet" Lexi Jones 2nd hour
Basic information
- Develop nutritional programs to prevent illness by promoting healthy eating habits
- They supervise services of meals
- They work with doctors to provide a healthy diet for nutritional needy people
- They help people who are facing obesity
- They take away certain salts and caloric intake away from meals to create a healthier diet
- They keep records and make menus to provide healthy eating habits for people
- They keep tract of healthy diets on computer
- Over half register nutritionists have an advanced degree
- Most people have a Batchlors degree for the job
- Most nutritionists love to spend time in the kitchen preparing food and maintaining their health as well as other
Pros and Cons
- You don't have to travel far for the job you can work in your own area
- You can be self-employed
- You don't have to work weekends or holidays
- They make 42,630 per here
- They know good eating habits for themselves
- Like to work with others
- Work in hospitals,schools,nursing homes,and clinics
- Promote healthy eating diets for others
Cons:
- You have to make sure to provide the right diets
- They do not like to work with strict budgets
- Knowledge of food and health need to be accurate for certain people that have nutritional needs
- Additional credits are often required
- Advancing into a higher position often requires a graduate degree
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- Degrees and helpful tips
- A batchlors degree in dietetics
- Registered dietetic may be helpful
- Letter or recomidation
- Masters degree in dietetics
- Masters degree in clinical nutrition
- Helpful high school courses
- Biology
- Anatomy
- Physicaology
- Chemistry
- Statics and probability
- Advanced classes
- Anatomy
- Statistics
- Biology
To find more Information
Wisconsin AHEC health cares information center,563 carter court, Suite B Kimburly Wisconsin 54136, (920)- 560-5619, www.eatrightwisc.org
Occupational outlook handbook, 2135,2 Massachusetts avenue, NE Washington, DC,1-202- 691-5700, www.bls.gov/ooh
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Looking for a job?
Have you ever wanted to work with food and diets for a job? Has working with others ever interested you? Well if this is you then please continue reading! We are looking for someone with a Masters degree in clinical nutrition and Dietetics. A Batchlors degree in Dietetics and certified registered Dietetic would be helpful for this job as well too. This job requires you to have a healthy eating habit for yourself as well as knowing how to create healthy eating habits for others on a daily basis. This job requires you to work 40 hours a week with weekends off and holidays. If you are experienced in this job you can make $34.03 and hour and if you have little experience you can make $18.95 an hour. Salary works by how experienced or educated you are on the job so if you start with little pay you can always work up the ladder to have more pay and a better position in the job. If intrested please contact at jonelexi@nutrition.org and call at 1-800-nutrition.
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pros:
- You can earn up to 5 different degrees.
- It's close to my home in Wisconsin.
- It has a top ranked program in psychology.
Cons:
- It has a lot of expenses to go here.
- Since it's such a big university it is easy to get lost.
- It's nearly imposssible to see an adviser if you have a question on something since its that big of a University and sometimes rarely know every ones names.
Kansas State University
Pros:
- You can earn up to 7 different degrees.
- This University offers many nutritional classes that you can take in your free time.
- Kansas State University had an award winning Librabry making a great study place for many students who attend this University.
Cons:
- The price to go to this college is expensive.
- Is out of the state of Wisconsin which is further away from home.
- This university dose not have a lot of psychology classes that you can take.
Ohio State University
Manhattan,KS 66506Ohio State University
Pros:
- You can earn up to 6 different degrees.
- This university has many good programs for this career.
- Has a good verity of sports oppertunities and helpful gym classes to learn more about the human body and how is functions.
Cons:
- It is an expensive college to attend.
- It's out of the state of Wisconsin and further away from home.
- This University doesn't have as many classes you can take to succeed in more knowledge for this career as other University's do.