Nutritionists mainly work in the following units:

1. Do nutrition consultation and catering guidance in catering units or school canteens. ?

2. Be a nutrition consultant in a beauty salon or gym. ?

3. Engaged in nutrition consulting and training in nutrition enterprises. ?

4. independently set up a nutrition and health consultation center or a specialized nutrition catering company;

5. Working in a supermarket, mainly making food nutrition labels combining traditional Chinese and western medicine for supermarket food; Provide customers with food storage and nutritional value consultation.

Extended information

The emergence of dietitian profession is to meet the needs of social health. The occupation of nutritionist integrates the characteristics of chefs, health care professionals, medical practitioners, Chinese medicine practitioners, psychologists, marketers and administrators, and is a relatively comprehensive occupation.

They are not only experts in food, but also experts in nutrition detection, nutrition fortification, nutrition evaluation and other fields, helping people to get healthy. The professional requirement of dietitians is to concentrate on professional services to health.

job classification

nutritionists are also divided into clinical nutritionists, public nutritionists, food nutritionists, sports nutritionists, catering nutritionists and so on because of their combination with different objects.

1. Clinical nutritionist: Mainly engaged in nutrition work related to diseases, making reasonable meals for patients, designing recipes suitable for different patients, etc., mainly working in hospitals, and often called nutritionist. Most of these nutritionists graduated from the Department of Preventive Medicine of Medical College/University.

2. Public nutritionist: also known as public nutritionist, whose work is related to the public, mainly engaged in the dissemination of nutrition knowledge, group nutrition investigation, planning of various nutrition-related social activities, and planning of films, movies and other works related to nutrition knowledge publicity and education. Its work content is mostly intangible products such as nutrition knowledge.

3. Food nutritionist: Mainly working in food enterprises, mainly responsible for food-related nutrition work such as food development.

4. Sports nutritionist: a nutritionist, professional athlete or sports enthusiast who provides nutrition guidance for athletes. Compared with ordinary people, their exercise amount is larger, and their nutritional needs are quite different from ordinary people. Therefore, the nutrition of this group of people has special requirements, and it should be carried out by a professional sports nutritionist, which is beneficial to their health.

5. Catering nutritionist, mainly engaged in catering-related nutrition work, such as nutrition catering scheme, development of nutrition recipes, training of nutrition catering staff, training of catering service personnel, etc.

6. A dietitian who serves food and pharmaceutical companies, market associations and catering service providers. Dietitians of medicated diet assist business leaders to conduct research, put forward professional opinions on management and market, and urge enterprises to produce better medicated diet health food on the market. Can also be divided into more detailed nutritionists according to the nature of work, such as beauty nutritionists, health care products nutritionists and so on.

With the rapid development of China's economy and the gradual improvement of people's living standards, the demand for nutrition and nutritionists will increase day by day. In October 2115, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released 11 new jobs, including public dietitians. In 2116, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the People's Republic of China promulgated the National Professional Standard for Dietitians (Trial), which played a positive role in promoting the professional development of dietitians in China.

Employment direction: Mainly engaged in popular science work in nutrition. If you want to work in a hospital, you need to learn a comprehensive dietitian (clinical nutrition is needed, and pure public nutrition is not allowed to work in a hospital). Training objects: The training objects of the public dietitian qualification examination are mainly: school doctors, collective canteens, coaches in fitness centers, nutrition personnel in food enterprises, food inspection supervisors, personnel who are going to engage in this profession in enterprises and institutions, etc.

learning content: the main contents that public dietitians learn are: basic nutrition, food hygiene, nutrition of special people, nutritional value of various foods, special nutrition education, application of nutrition calculation software, employment and entrepreneurship guidance of dietitians, physical and simple biochemical detection methods of food, etc. Focus on learning and mastering food selection, recipe preparation, basic cooking, nutrition and other contents and skills.

those who pass the examination and pass the examination will be awarded the national vocational skill certificate of dietitian.

The public dietitian is one of the fourth batch of new occupations promulgated by the Ministry of Labor. It is a kind of professional skilled personnel who should meet the needs of society and market. It refers to a special professional who has received professional knowledge and skills training, passed the national vocational qualification examination certification, obtained professional qualifications, engaged in nutrition consultation, nutrition evaluation, nutrition guidance, nutrition education and management, engaged in nutrition teaching and scientific research, and disseminated nutrition and food safety knowledge. It is a professional who promotes public health.

There is a shortage of nutrition professionals in China, and the employment prospects of public dietitians are very broad. Public dietitians can provide nutrition consultation and guidance for healthy and sub-healthy people. Public nutritionists can not only play an important role in the community, but also provide education, counseling and guidance services for employees, white-collar workers, senior managers, athletes and families.

the owner can be engaged in relevant positions in nutritional food teaching, scientific research, food or health food production and operation, food hygiene supervision and testing, medical and health institutions; Full-time (part-time) nutritionists in schools, kindergartens, institutions, enterprises and institutions, hotels and hotels; Full-time (part-time) nutrition guidance in gymnasiums, beauty salons and communities; Full-time (part-time) dietitians in the physical examination center, etc.

There is an extreme shortage of professionals in related industries, and there are many employment opportunities. Students in universities and technical secondary schools; Hospital nutrition and health care department staff, related clinical department staff; Personnel in schools, kindergartens and communities who are responsible for catering or engaged in nutrition and health education; Personnel and senior butlers in medicine, nutrition and health products, food and catering enterprises, beauty, direct selling, fitness, insurance (life insurance) and other industries; Those who are interested in full-time or part-time nutrition and health work or have a strong interest in nutrition, health care and health knowledge and want to learn systematically.

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