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What does nutrition do?
Nutrition is a subject that studies the relationship between human metabolism and food nutrients.

Nutrition can generally be divided into dietary nutrition, sports nutrition, public nutrition, clinical nutrition and other fields. For example, sports nutrition is a science that studies athletes' nutritional needs, uses nutritional factors to improve sports ability, promote physical recovery and prevent diseases.

Nutrition mainly cultivates the ability to evaluate, manage and guide human nutritional status and dietary nutrition; Carry out dietary nutrition guidance to prevent common diseases and chronic diseases related to nutrition; Application-oriented higher vocational and technical personnel with the ability of investigation and analysis of dietary nutrition status and development, design and evaluation of nutritious food.

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Employment direction of nutrition specialty

1, engaged in nutrition work in clinic?

Responsible for the diagnosis of patients' nutritional problems, list health care plans, and supervise the effectiveness of dietary changes. Usually they work in hospitals, community fitness centers or health care institutions.

2. Is the catering service industry responsible for management?

Public nutritionists have joined the catering service management industry, making it possible to prepare and distribute meals or snacks safely, hygienically and cost-effectively. They are responsible for catering services in hospitals, health care institutions, schools, institutions of higher learning and commercial places.

3. Public nutrition consultant?

Provide expert advice on nutrition, dietotherapy and catering services for individuals, institutions, commercial organizations and the media. They run their own private consulting business.

4. A public dietitian who provides services in a community fitness center?

These nutritionists cooperate with communities and individuals to improve their nutritional level, resist diseases, pay more attention to diet and improve their ability to control their health.

5. Work in the education field

Provide students with courses such as nutrition, food chemistry and catering service management. These courses will be promoted in primary schools, middle schools, institutions of higher learning, vocational schools and hospitals.

6. Work in the business field

Under the commercial background, public nutritionists assist leaders in research, help promote production, and give expert advice on management and market. With the help of public nutritionists, food and pharmaceutical companies, market associations and catering service providers can produce better food and nutrition products and put them on the market.

7. Study public dietitians?

A few public nutritionists may develop into research projects, which can fundamentally improve the medical level and save the cost of catering services.

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