Dietitians
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NOC 2021: 31121 / NOC 2016: 3132
Job Description
Dietitians and nutritionists help people understand the connection between food and their well-being. You assess people’s nutritional needs, then create nutrition plans and food service programs to promote good health.
As a dietitian, you perform the following duties:
- assess people’s nutritional needs
- create care plans and menus to match clients’ needs
- provide nutrition information and help people make healthy food choices
- develop educational materials and programs
- may develop, test and market food and nutrition products
- may represent companies and supply product-related information
You may specialize in areas such as clinical dietetics, community and public health dietetics or food service administration.