Dietitian
Eating well and living well go hand in hand
By: Grace Krause 3rd hour
Basic information about Dietitians
- Promote healthy eating
- Work with patients, clients, nurses, and food service workers
- Use computers to help plan meals
- May need a license
- Work full time or part time
- 42,630 national wage average per year
- Help to prevent illness
- Plan special diets
- Help treat certain illnesses by modifying their eating
- Have a Bachelors degree and and complete an Internship
- Supervise the preparation and services of the meals
Pros and cons of a Dietitians
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- Sociology
- Physiology
- Anatomy
- Psychology
- Biology
- Physical science
- Chemistry
- Statistics and Probability
- Earn a Masters degree in a nutrition related program and work as a year intern
- Have to pass a national exam to become registered
- Take an exam after college approved by the American Dietitian Association
- Researchers and university professors must have a doctoral degree
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
Some classes they offer for Dietitian
- Fundamentals of human communication
- Understanding the creative arts course
- Writing for academic and public content
- Intro to psychology
- General microbiology
Pros
- Offer division one sports
- Can live on campus
- It only coast 10,323 for in state tuition
Cons
- Don't have soccer for a sport
- Older school and some are small class rooms
- To pay for housing on campus it's 10,880 more that the instate tuition
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Some classes they offer
1. Chemistry
2. Microbiology
3.Communications
4. Intro courses for food and nutrition
Pros
- They have the sports I want to play
- Not far walking distance from dorms
- Close to home
- Has a low in state tuition
Cons
- A lot of people go to the school
- Very hard to get into the school
- School owns and operates the housing
University of Missouri Columbia
Some classes they offer
1. Biochemistry
2. Life cycle nutrition
3. Organic chemistry
4. Food selection and preparation
5. Human nutrition
6. Developmental nutrition
Pros
- Cheap in state tuition 8, 082
- Can make your payments over times in the course
- Both D1 sports for basketball and soccer
Cons
- It's in a suburban area
- Coast 3,000-4,000 to have a dorm
- Expensive dining meals
Associations/Professional organization for this career
http://wihealthcareers.org/Career_occ_view.cfm?o_id=87
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL, 60606-6995
Telephone-312/899-0040 or 800/877-1600
Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
563 Carter Court, Suite B
Kimberly, WI, 54136
Telephone-920/560-5619 or 888/232-8631
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If you are interested in a healthy life style continue reading. In this job you will work full time or part time. You need to be able to handle standing and walking a lot. You will have to have a Bachelors degree and an internship. Some high school courses you will have to take are Biology, Psychology, General science, Chemistry, Sociology. You will have to be able to use a computer and be willing to help people who need to turn their life around. Also the salary you will earn is 42, 630 and this is the national average. You will have to work with all different types of people. You would mostly work in hospitals, schools, clinics and have to make meals that fit people's diets. You will have to have to be able to handle stubborn people not wanting to make a change. You will also have to have some practice preparing meals and making diets. For more information please call 1-800-DIET.