The public dietitian is one of the fourth batch of new occupations promulgated by the Ministry of Labor. It is a professional skill talent that comes into being in response to the needs of society and market. It refers to receiving professional knowledge and skills training, passing the national vocational qualification examination and certification, and obtaining professional qualifications (Article 6 of the document issued by the Ministry of Labor 199498 stipulates that "the Ministry of Labor is responsible for skill-based vocational qualification appraisal and issuance and management of certificates").
Special professionals who are engaged in nutrition consultation, nutrition evaluation, nutrition guidance, nutrition propaganda and education, nutrition management, nutrition teaching and scientific research, and nutrition and food safety knowledge dissemination are professionals who promote public health.
Employment field:
1, Clinic nutritionist: Usually working in hospitals, community fitness centers or health care institutions, responsible for diagnosing the nutritional problems of patients, listing health care plans, and supervising the effectiveness of dietary changes.
2, catering service management nutritionist: nutritionists join the catering service management industry, so that no matter three meals a day or snacks can be prepared and distributed safely, hygienically and cost-effectively.
3. Nutrition consultants: provide experts' advice on nutrition, dietotherapy and catering services for individuals, institutions and business organizations. Such nutritionists generally work in professional consulting institutions.
4. Public health nutritionist: working in the public health care field and social service department, responsible for understanding the nutritional needs of the public, confirming the nutritional problems in the community, proposing nutrition education projects and health promotion strategies, and providing information and consulting services to other public departments, experts and the public.
5. Dietitians in the business field: mostly serve food and pharmaceutical companies, market associations and catering service providers. Nutritionists assist business leaders in research, give expert opinions on management and market, and urge enterprises to produce better food and nutritional products and put them on the market.
6. Research dietitian: Usually working in universities, health care institutions and enterprises, responsible for making plans for research projects and implementing them. These projects can fundamentally improve the level of medical care and save the cost of catering services.
7. Medicinal Dietitian: Serving 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.