NUtritionist

06/08/2022

Brazil
To obtain the Nutritionist title, one must have studied at a recognized university for four years plus a year practice (internship). The nutritionists are registered at the Conselho Regional de Nutrição (Regional Council of Nutrition).[4] A Nutritionist can prescribe diets, work at hospitals with clinical intervention, or in food production segment.

05/08/2022

A potential problem with self-proclaimed and media nutritionists, is low levels of training, the selling of supplements and herbal remedies and the use or promotion of concepts that are untested or potentially even dangerous, such as exclusion of food groups, detox and fad diets

05/08/2022

Prominent examples include Gillian McKeith, Patrick Holford and Robert O. Young.

03/08/2022

Registered dietitian nutritionists (RD; RDN)[15] are health professionals qualified to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice which includes a review of what is eaten, a thorough review of nutritional health, and a personalized nutritional treatment plan. They also provide preventive and therapeutic programs at work places, schools and similar institutions. Government regulation, especially in terms of licensing, is currently more universal for the RD or RDN than that of CCN.

03/08/2022

To be award the CNS credential, Nutrition and Health Professional candidates must complete 1,000 supervised practice experience hours. They must also pass an examination that covers a spectrum of nutritional science and applied clinical topics.[14] CNS practitioners commonly work in private, functional medicine, and integrative health practices.

03/08/2022

Certified Nutrition Specialists (CNS) are professionals who have an advanced degree in nutrition from a fully accredited institution. There are three distinct certification pathways, which include the CNS for Nutrition and Health Professionals (CNS), CNS for MDs and DOs (CNS), and CNS for Scholars (CNS-S)

01/08/2022

Morocco
In Morocco, "Nutritionist" is a protected title and might refer to a researcher in the field of nutrition or to a person who practices therapeutic nutrition. To hold the title of Nutritionist, a person should have carried doctoral studies in the field of nutrition and obtained a Ph.D. degree. On the other hand, the title of "Dietitian" is given to whoever carries studies in nutrition schools for three years and obtains a B.Sc. However, unlike Nutritionists, Dietitians are not given authorization to open private offices and to practice.

01/08/2022

India
Dietitians and nutritionists in India held about 150,000 jobs in 2011. More than half of all dietitians and nutritionists worked in hospitals, nursing homes, and physician's offices and clinics

01/08/2022

To obtain the Nutritionist title, one must have studied at a recognized university for four years plus a year practice (internship). The nutritionists are registered at the Conselho Regional de Nutrição (Regional Council of Nutrition). A Nutritionist can prescribe diets, work at hospitals with clinical intervention, or in food production segment.

29/07/2022

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29/07/2022

In many countries, a person can claim to be a nutritionist even without any training, education, or professional license, in contrast to a dietitian, who has a university degree, professional license, and certification for professional practice.

29/07/2022

A nutritionist is a person who advises others on matters of food and nutrition and their impacts on health. Some people specialize in particular areas, such as sports nutrition, public health, or animal nutrition, among other disciplines