The emergence of the dietitian profession is based on the needs of social health. The profession of nutritionist combines the characteristics of chefs, hygienists, medical practitioners, traditional Chinese medicine, psychologists, marketers, administrators and other occupations, and is a more comprehensive profession. They are not only experts in food, but also in the fields of nutrition testing, fortification, nutrition assessment, etc., to help people get healthy. The professional requirement of a dietitian is to concentrate on professional service to health.
National nutrition and health status is an important indicator reflecting the economic and social development, health care level and population quality of a country or region. Good nutrition and health are both the foundation of socio-economic development and the goal of socio-economic development.
With the sustained and rapid development of China's national economy, since 2003, the diet and nutrition status of urban and rural residents in China have improved significantly, but at the same time, China is also facing the dual challenges of nutritional deficiency and nutritional structure imbalance. Hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other diseases closely related to dietary nutrition are increasingly threatening people's health, so combined with the specific conditions of China's food resources, vigorously carry out nutrition work, guide Chinese residents to participate in and improve nutritional dietary collocation is a very urgent task we face.
The work of a dietitian is very important. They (they) through the scientific and rational allocation of the public's diet and promote people's physical health, reduce the occurrence of various chronic diseases, and through the comprehensive popularization of nutrition knowledge to the whole society, improve the national nutrition awareness, in order to achieve the purpose of enhancing the physical fitness of the whole people.
In the United States, all inpatient treatment must involve a dietitian. In Japan, there is one dietitian for every 400 people, and the number of dietitians is equivalent to 2.4 times that of clinicians. If we calculate according to the proportion of Dietitians in japan to the national population, that is, 1 nutritionist for every 400 people, There is a shortage of nearly 4 million dietitians in China. At present, there are less than 100,000 dietitians in China, and colleges and universities have not set up special nutrition majors, and the training of professionals related to this profession cannot meet the needs of society at all. Compared with developed countries, China's professional talents in nutrition are quite scarce.
Career direction of dietitians:
1. You can work as a health consultant at the Clinic
2. Engaged in management work in the catering service industry
Health work in the public sphere
Fourth, provide nutrition guidance in the fitness center
5. Engage in nutrition lecturer work in the field of education
Sixth, in the field of business engaged in corporate nutrition consultant work, etc.
The employment direction of dietitians generally includes kindergartens, schools, communities, beauty salons, outpatient departments, private hospitals, fitness centers, back nutrition supermarkets, food companies, student nutrition meal companies, etc. Answer With the socialization of nutrition issues, nutrition fast food companies, dietitian vocational training institutions, nutrition consulting institutions will come into being, and family nutrition consultants and corporate nutrition consultants will be an emerging and fashionable profession.