While the nutritionist career prospects, but the threshold of entry is not low. Specifically, a qualified dietitian is a physician, dietitian, chef of the "trinity", should have medical, nutrition, food hygiene, food safety, nutrition and culinary knowledge, but also be able to integrate, for different people with different nutritional recipes, and at the same time familiar with food hygiene laws and regulations. Because of the high requirements of the profession, generally speaking, it is difficult to be self-educated, and need to go through professional training.

Currently there are three main national vocational training programs related to dietitians.1, National Nutritionist Vocational Qualification Certificate. By the State Ministry of Labor and Social Security is responsible for, *** divided into five levels, the examination passers to obtain the national labor department issued by the professional qualification certificate of nutritionist. 2, nutrition and health care teacher certificate. Developed by the National Personnel Center of the Ministry of Personnel and the Chinese Health Care Association of Mental Health Professional Committee, divided into the initial, middle and high three levels. The national examination is held four times a year in March, June, September and December, and the examination consists of three parts: written examination, assessment and interview. Those who pass the examination can obtain the Ministry of Personnel National Center for Talent Flow issued by the appropriate level of "Nutritional Hygienist" certificate of professional personnel, the implementation of the certificate of the national unified number, unified electronic registration, the country in general. 3, dietitian qualification certificate. The Ministry of Health organized the "National Health Professional and Technical Qualification Examination", there is also a "nutritionist qualification examination" project.

Suitable for the crowd: has been engaged in nutritional food teaching, scientific research, food or health food production and management, nutritional feeding, nutritional counseling work; hotels, restaurants, institutions, schools, health care units engaged in nutritional food work, nutritional education, and management of personnel; enterprises, institutions or other social aspirations to engage in the dietitian career

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