Abstract: Nutritionists are professionals engaged in nutritional guidance, dissemination of nutrition and food safety knowledge, and promotion of public health. What are the job prospects for nutritionists? The emergence of the nutritionist profession was created to meet the needs of social health. The profession of a nutritionist combines the characteristics of chefs, health practitioners, medical practitioners, traditional Chinese medicine, psychologists, marketers, administrators, etc. It is a relatively comprehensive profession. Let’s learn more about the relevant knowledge of nutritionists. What is a nutritionist? Occupational name: Nutritionist
Professional definition: Professionals engaged in nutritional guidance, dissemination of nutrition and food safety knowledge, and promotion of public health.
The main work contents include:
(1) Evaluation, management and guidance of human nutritional status;
(2) Evaluation of dietary nutrition , management and guidance;
(3) Conduct nutritional evaluation of food and formulas;
(4) Provide consultation and education on nutritional knowledge.
Occupational profile National nutrition and health status are important indicators that reflect the economic and social development, health care level and population quality of a country or region.
Good nutrition and health are both the basis and the goal of social and economic development.
With the sustained and rapid development of our country’s national economy, the diet and nutritional status of our urban and rural residents have improved significantly since 2003. However, at the same time, our country is also facing nutritional deficiencies and nutritional imbalances. dual challenge. High blood pressure, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other diseases closely related to dietary nutrition are increasingly threatening people's health. Therefore, based on the specific situation of my country's food resources, we must vigorously carry out nutrition work and guide our residents to participate in and improve nutritional diet mix. It is a challenge we face. Very urgent task.
The job of a nutritionist is very important. They reduce the occurrence of various chronic diseases by scientifically and rationally preparing the public's diet and promoting people's physical health, and by comprehensively popularizing nutritional knowledge to the whole society and improving the nutritional awareness of the whole people, in order to achieve the purpose of enhancing the physical quality of the whole people. .
In the United States, nutritionists must be involved in the treatment of inpatients. In Japan, there is one nutritionist for every 300 people, and the number of nutritionists is 2.4 times that of clinicians. If we calculate based on the ratio of Japanese nutritionists to the national population, that is, one nutritionist for every 300 people, our country lacks 4 million nutritionists. At present, there are less than 4,000 nutritionists in my country, and there are no specialized nutrition majors in colleges and universities. The training of professionals related to this profession cannot meet the needs of society at all. Compared with developed countries, our country is quite short of professionals in nutrition.
To this end, the emerging profession of nutritionist has developed and matured in response to the needs of society. The country has officially established this profession to standardize the professional behavior of this profession, improve the professional capabilities of practitioners, and contribute to the construction of our country. A dedicated team of nutrition professionals will play a positive role.
Carrying out corresponding public nutrition improvement work is a systematic project to improve the health quality of the people and enhance the country's comprehensive national strength. The nutrition industry, which is closely related to nutrition improvement, is also a sunrise industry with vitality and development potential. Based on the development of the nutrition industry, the main contents of nutrition improvement work include: nutrition improvement work for three key groups: children, women, infants, and the elderly; nutrition poverty alleviation and nutrition poverty alleviation work for people in poor areas and people with minimum living security; Improve the nutrition of people with obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other "affluent diseases" in cities and economically developed areas; carry out nutrition education among students; engage in research, consultation and publicity on the relationship between public nutrition, population quality and social and economic development; Communication and coordination among nutrition-related departments, units, and enterprises; using nutritional science as a guide to open up new areas of food industry development, vigorously promoting the development of nutritional industries such as nutritionally fortified foods, etc.
my country's industrial structure, consumption structure, residents' dietary structure, disease patterns, etc. are in a period of transformation. Under the strong leadership of the party and the government, we will adopt correct principles and policies, coordinate with various departments, and fully mobilize and rely on the positive forces of all sectors of society. Through unremitting efforts, we will surely achieve fruitful results that will significantly improve the nutritional and health status of the entire nation. .
What are the employment prospects for nutritionists? Employment content (1) Conduct dietary surveys and evaluations;
(2) Measurement and evaluation of human nutritional status;
( 3) Nutritional consultation and education;
(4) Dietary guidance and assessment;
(5) Food nutrition evaluation;
(6) Community nutrition management and Nutritional intervention;
(7) Training and management.
Employment directions include kindergartens, schools, communities, beauty salons, outpatient departments, private hospitals, fitness centers, nutritional supermarkets, food companies, health industries, student nutritional meal companies, etc. Public nutritionists are special professionals who are market-oriented, respond to social needs, undergo diversified professional skills training, and pass assessments. With the socialization of nutrition issues, nutritional fast food companies, public nutritionist vocational training institutions, and nutrition consulting institutions will emerge. Family nutrition consultants and corporate nutrition consultants will be emerging and fashionable professions.
Be familiar with the professional ethics of nutritionists. As people’s lives improve, nutritionists will enter thousands of households in various forms. Nutritionists are gradually favored and appreciated by various industries and have become a high-profile group in the industry. In order to adapt to new changes and new needs, experts have specially set up ten professional ethics standards for nutritionists to help nutritionists develop their excellent skills and make their best contribution to serving everyone around them.
1. No health care product company shall call non-professional and non-clinical dietary nutrition workers nutritionists and recommend products.
2. Any health care product enterprise is not allowed to produce health care products with added medicines, health care products with chemical ingredients, or health care products containing residual carcinogens.
3. Any health products must not conceal the ingredients and amounts of additives, and consumers have the right to make informed choices. No nutritionist should advocate for so-called multinational companies, so-called famous brands, so-called world standards, so-called patents, and so-called century-old enterprise packaging. They must insist on the responsibility of product quality and public health first. It is not necessary or necessary. It should be exaggerated for corporate packaging to achieve sales purposes.
4. Any health product must not promote supplementation and consumption every year, endless wrong supplementation principles, and be named "National Nutritionist Recommendations". Nutritionists want nutritional health products to return to their basics, allowing people who need supplements to take supplements, and letting people who don’t need supplements take less or no supplements. Let people who should take supplements have a clear timetable instead of extending supplementation indefinitely, so that nutritional supplements can be given. Supplement users have a buffered transition into diet control rather than relying on supplements.
5. Any nutritionist must learn the clinical knowledge and skills of nutrients, and must not exaggerate or learn with bias.
6. No nutritionist can ignore the core role of food, and cannot directly equate health products with the effect of food.
7. No nutritionist should only focus on learning the functions of diet and ignore factors such as nutrition, health care products, psychology, exercise, and environment.
8. No nutritionist can become a direct profit promoter of a certain product, but should guide and standardize corporate behavior. Otherwise you will not be a qualified nutritionist. We abandon and reject nutrition workers who use their knowledge to cover up corporate mistakes and promote the circulation of harmful health products. We despise those fake nutritionists who use the name of nutritionists to scare consumers for profit; we belittle those nutritionists who are not qualified as nutritionists at all but are willing to spread wrong and unscientific nutrition knowledge; we refuse to endorse those who just want to sell a certain product People who have lost their fairness and justice and are constantly advocating nutritional theories for corporate products that potentially endanger the health of Chinese people.
9. Nutritionists do not reject excellent, effective, and low-toxicity and side effects health and nutritional products; but they reject inferior, drug-added, and potentially harmful nutritional and health products that may take more than 10 years to cause harm.
10. Nutritionists must implement a comprehensive model that combines diet, nutritional health products, and self-recovery ability to select health products. Refuse to recognize and agree that only health products can replace food, and cancel the basic role of food. Any behavior or theory that believes that "health products can replace food" is unreliable.
If a nutritionist who applies to a nutrition institution violates the above behaviors and causes adverse effects, the institution will not recognize the nutritionist skill certificate obtained. If you need to get re-recognition, in addition to correcting errors, apply for re-examination, and it will be recognized only after passing it.
Consultation skills 1. Guide the consultant's thinking: During the consultation process, the nutritionist should constantly guide the consultant to his or her own situation and requirements, and fully and clearly express the consultation wishes and purpose. During the conversation, it is necessary to continuously stimulate the consultant's awareness of nutrition and health. Of course, one cannot blindly focus on nutritional issues, otherwise it will cause resentment.
2. Open consultation: Closed questions and answers are the most taboo in consultation. To provide question-and-answer guidance to the consultant, it is also necessary to inspire the consultant's desire to speak. During the inquiry, the consultant's personal needs and wishes should be understood to the greatest extent possible.
3. Put down your identity and listen: Nutritionists must be consultant-centered and should not deny non-professional questions raised by consultants in an academic or authoritative tone or behavior. Nutritionists should encourage and instill their own knowledge and behaviors, but they cannot require consultants to accept principles.
4. Encourage and promote communication: Consultants sometimes remain silent or resistant. Nutritionists must be patient and change the way of consultation, and use encouragement to change the fixed thinking of consultants. Don't chase after you, don't rush for success.
5. Improve information and review: Nutritionists use short language and clear vocabulary to quickly improve the consultant's understanding of the information. The main thing is to classify the information and relay it through the nutritionist, which will arouse the consultant's screams and review and compare their own problems. In this way, the nutritionist's work will be doubled with half the effort.
6. Avoidance and maintenance of privacy: Consultants often regard their maintenance or consultation for physical health as a weak behavior. When it comes to health issues, at least at this stage, I am still quite concerned about my own evaluation. Nutritionists should try to avoid private or sensitive topics and learn to forget the privacy of consultants. It's important to remember a customer, but don't remember his privacy.
Etiquette Quality 1. Smile
For a person engaged in nutrition and health, a smile is a business card, representing your own healthy mentality. The nutritionist's smile can bring a friendly feeling to the guests and make them feel comfortable. A smile is the warmest, most considerate care and greeting you can give to someone else. A smile is a shortcut to shorten the distance between customers and nutritionists. A smile not only makes others feel comfortable, but also improves your own mood, which will also infect your counselor or audience.
2. Greetings
As a nutritionist, you should first say hello to the customer. Your voice is loud and powerful, which proves that you are healthy and energetic first. Nodding in greeting is because body language can better express your respect and attention to the other party, which can often help you win the favor of more customers.
3. Language
In order for nutritionists to accurately understand the art of speaking, they must enunciate clearly, cadence, and have a beautiful tone of voice, so that the audience can feel your language art and Language skills. I naturally accept your knowledge, theories and opinions. In addition to knowing how to choose the right words and sentences, you also need to pay attention to constantly collecting information on various health topics. In short, you should have an understanding of all aspects of knowledge that the public cares about, so that you can find the same language when talking to others, and such a conversation will also make both parties feel happy.
4. Etiquette
Answering the phone is a very knowledgeable way of communication. The first requirement for proper telephone etiquette is to speak at an appropriate volume, pronounce clearly and without ambiguity, at a moderate speed, and learn to repeat and record. In this way, the other party will feel relieved knowing that their thoughts have been conveyed correctly.