Examination content includes basic medical knowledge, basic knowledge of nutrition, professional courses (maternal and child nutrition, geriatric nutrition, diabetes, oncology rehabilitation nutrition care), and expanding skills (nutritional meal preparation).

What does a nutrition instructor do:

A nutrition instructor is a professional who can provide residents with guidance on rational diet and balanced nutrition.

Nutrition instructors are those who have basic knowledge of dietary nutrition and human nutrition, and who have the skills to provide guidance on dietary needs and nutritional improvement for various populations and common chronic diseases, weight management, and so on. Able to individuals and groups, nutrition counseling, nutrition education and health promotion and tracking accompaniment, etc., for the national nutrition and health services.

Background of Generation:

In order to adapt to the socio-economic development, implement the Healthy China Action (2019-2030) and National Nutrition Program (2017-2030) deployed by the State Council, and to provide a professional talent team and practical skills in nutrition for the maintenance of health throughout the life cycle and the prevention and control of major diseases,

Enhance the technical accuracy of knowledge-oriented grassroots health services, improve the professional knowledge and skills of nutrition instructors, and standardize the practice of nutrition instructors in order to better protect the nutritional health of the population in an all-round, full-cycle manner.

Based on the "Implementation Plan for the Expanded Pilot Work on the Orderly Undertaking of Government Transfer Functions by Societies Affiliated to the Chinese Association for Science and Technology" issued by the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, as well as the "Constitution of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology" and the "Statute of the Chinese Society of Nutrition" and other relevant documents, the Chinese Society of Nutrition carries out the training work of "Nutrition Coach" on a nationwide scale. Coach" training work.

Implementation of the "Nutritional Security Capacity Enhancement Project at the Basic Level" (NPSD) program. The goal of the project is to promote the specialization of scientific and technological personnel training, evaluation of professionalism, socialization of the overall requirements, the use of professional attributes and technical advantages of the Society, to better serve the construction of the professional talent team, optimize the national health services and protection system.