A dietitian is a professional who engages in nutritional guidance, dissemination of knowledge about nutrition and food safety, and promotion of public **** health; a health manager is a professional who engages in population, individual health, and disease surveillance, analysis, assessment, health maintenance, and health promotion.
The work of dietitians and health managers
The main work of dietitians includes:
1, assessment, management and guidance of human nutritional status;
2, dietary nutritional assessment, management and guidance;
3, nutritional evaluation of foods and formulas;
4, nutritional knowledge counseling and education.
The main work of the health manager includes:
1, collection and management of individual or group health information;
2, assessment of individual or group health and disease risk;
3, individual or group health counseling and guidance;
4, the development of individual or group health promotion program;
5, individual or group health maintenance;
6, health education and promotion for individuals or groups;
7, health management technology research and development;
8, evaluation of the effectiveness of the application of health management technology.
The difference between a nutritionist and a health manager
The most advanced and comprehensive profession in the health industry is the "health manager". A health manager is a professional engaged in the detection, analysis, and evaluation of individual and group health, as well as health counseling, guidance, and risk factor intervention. The knowledge level of the health manager covers dietary nutrition, mental health, sports health, Chinese medicine and other fields.
And the public **** dietitian is a branch under the health manager. The role of the nutritionist can be summarized in two words "what to eat" and "how to eat". The health manager is the overall health analysis and assessment of the person, from nutrition, exercise, psychology and health four aspects of health management.
The health manager is more professional than the nutritionist, and the requirements are more stringent from the examination of such.