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Careers in Nutrition
Keeping Everyone Healthy
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Bright Future
Many job opportunities due to
 Childhood obesity
 Overweight adults
 Digestive diseases
 Food onset illnesses (diabetes type2)
 Exercise and fitness, and for
 Overall good health
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Explain to students that careers in nutrition are growing for several reasons. Our nation is
concerned with childhood obesity, adult obesity, digestive diseases, food onset illnesses such as
diabetes type 2, for exercising and many people now want to be fit and healthy.
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Nutrition Professionals
Can
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Teach health
Work with a health care team
Help a restaurant chain improve meal nutrition
Develop nutritious foods
Write nutrition updates for media
Work
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Hospitals
Schools and child care centers
Nursing homes
Government agencies
Privately owned businesses
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Explain to students that nutrition professionals are in demand across the country. They can
teach, research, assist, and write.
They can work in many places as well. Government agencies would include the WIC program,
Lone Star, Veterans administration, etc.
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American Dietetics Association
A Career in Dietetics – The Sky’s the Limit
 http://www.eatright.org/About/Content.aspx?id=11220
"National Agricultural Library, Agricultural
Research Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture
Dietetic Technician
 From Texas Cares, a product of The Texas Workforce
Commission/Labor Market and Career Information
 http://www.texascaresonline.com/video/kiosk.asp
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View short video from the American Dietetics Association website about dieticians.
ADA Careers in Dietetics -The Sky Is the Limit
Careers in Dietetics The Sky Is the Limit
The other link is from the Texas Cares/Texas Workforce Commission. At the video screen, click
on the occupations tab, scroll down to Dietetic Technicians.
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Career Goals
Long term
Short term
 Make a career plan
 Learn more
 Follow your career plan
 Develop related skills
 Review and update career
 Practice skills
plan as needed
 Get experience
 Gain education and
training
http://www.iseek.org/careers/careergoals.html
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http://www.iseek.org/careers/careergoals.html
This site is from Minnesota but covers the TEKS objective well.
After reviewing the slide, pass out the Venn diagram on Career goals and have students fill out
the circles with their personal career goals.
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Research Opportunities
 Research nutrition occupations using approved databases
such as:
 Encyclopedia Britannica Online
 World Book Online
 Ebsco
 Choose a career
 Locate information needed
 Write in note cards
 Be ready to present to class
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Check with your school library to see if your school subscribes to these online databases. This is
a good opportunity for your students to begin using these databases so that they will become
familiar with them before they go to college.
List of careers is located in page 3 of graphic organizer. Print templates before class if possible,
double sided on cardstock paper.
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Careers include, but are not limited to:
 Dietary Supervisor
 Dietitian
 Food Services Coordinator
 Institutional Food Services and Food Sales
 Medical Food Service Director
 Nutrition Coordinator
 Nutrition Educator
 Nutrition Writer/Reporter
 Weight Loss Reduction Specialist
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Can you think of any others?
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References/Resources
Textbook:
 Kowtaluk, Helen. Food for Today. Eighth. New York, New York: Glenco,
McGraw-Hill, 2004. 678-684. Print.
Websites:
 American Diabetic Association
The world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.
http://www.eatright.org
 Texas Cares
A product of the Texas Workforce Commission/Labor Market and Career
Information
http://www.texascaresonline.com/
 United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
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