Dietitian
By: Ella Thibert, 2nd Hour
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Facts about Dietitans
- Teach people about healthy eating habits
- Help build diets for people with illnesses
- Work in hospitals, schools, clinics, offices, Universities, and community agencies
- Dietitans work with doctors, patients, nurses, and food service workers
- Work 40 hours a week
- Make up to $77,600 a year
- May need a license
- Need a bachelors degree in a nutrition-related program
- Research patients life, excercise, eating patters, etc
- Employment is affected by your age and health
- Work with all ages of people
- May need to work extra hours
Pros and Cons
- Well paying job- Earn up to $77,600 a year
- Work hands on- Work with people everyday and set up eating patterns and diets
- Get to learn more about your patients- Understand what they're going through and how to help them
- Work in several different environments- Don't have to stay in an office all day, get to work in hospitals, clinics, and even Universities
- Educate people on how to be healthy- Help them become the person they once were
Cons:
- Potentially having to work on holidays and weekends- Won't have much free time, may also have to come in for extra hours
- See people struggle with eating disorders- Seeing people unhealthy and needing help
- If a license is required, a Dietitan will have to complete continuing education hours to maintain their license
Education-What you Need to Succeed
Helpful High School Classes
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Chemistry
- Probability
Helpful College Classes
- Food science
- Microbiology
- Dietetics
- Chemistry
- Nutrition
- Biochemistry
- Clinical nutritional care
- Anatomy
- Community nutrition
- Psychology
- Biology
University Of Wisconsin- Green Bay
- UW-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311 - 920-465-2111
- uwgb@uwgb.edu
Pros:
- Great location
- Many athletic choices
Cons:
- A lot of students go there
- Big school
University Of Wisconsin- Madison
- Madison, Wisconsin
- onwisconsin@admissions.wisc.edu
- 608-262-3961
Pros:
- Many degrees/jobs offered
- Good location
- Very expensive
- Huge school
Michigan State University
- Michigan State University
220 Trowbridge Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA - (517) 355-1855
- http://admissions.msu.edu/
- Many degrees and jobs offered
- There is a lot of athletics
- A little far away from where I live
- Out of State tuition
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Associations To Become A Dietitan
Eat Right PRO
Chicago, Illinois
Email: education@eatright.org
Phone: (312)899-0040
ICDA International Confederation Of Dietetic Associations
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V2
Canada
Website: internationaldietetics.org
Phone: 416 596 0857
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