Nutritionist
...t. Modifications in dietary habits take a while to show up though in some cases they can be dramatic. Your work will also involve a lot of cajoling since eating habits acquired over a lifetime, are indeed hard to change. PROSPECTS To get started, you require gaining your position with a hospital or clinic to acquire relevant work experience. While getting your first job may prove a little tough, career opportunities are varied for those with a bit of experience. After you gain sufficient experience, you may set up your own practice. If you enjoy working with people, you can opt for hospitals, nursing homes and special clinics where you will chart out individual diet plans for patients. This is rather difficult because along with the various clinical factors, you also need to take the patient’s life style, eating habits, social set-up, age, metabolism etc. into consideration. You may also choose to work with large institutional canteens in defense establishments, educational institutions, residential schools, factories or old age homes where you will collaborate with the kitchen staff to plan tasty and nutritionally balanced meals. You may also suggest cooking methods to ensure the preservation of vital nutrients and the hygienic preparation of meals. In health and fitness centers you will treat obese clients, or sports and fitness buffs and those with specific health problems. Along with the fitness instructor, who will prepare the workout regimen, you will suggest a practical and manageable diet plan. Subsequently, you will monitor the clients’ progress at regular intervals and suggest necessary modifications. With people becoming increasingly health conscious and unable to exercise adequately, thanks to sedentary lifestyles, urban cities are well equipped with fitness centers in virtually every neighborhood. Today no model or hopeful Miss India /Universe can afford to ignore the advice of a professional dietician. Hotels also have dieticians on their ...