MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
Hello,
To cut a very long story short a friend (who has helped me out) has just graduated with a 1st from a nutrition degree, aiming to become a dietition or similar.
Is there anyone on here that can help/offer advice/work experience/anything constructive to my friend?
I wouldn't ask but STW has helped me out before, so hopefully someone can help.
If you prefer not to post up, my email is: jonwalla24@gmail.com and I can put you in touch.
Big Thank You folks!
nobody? no worries
This thread is like opening a can of worms.
Is there anyone on here that can help/offer advice/work experience/anything constructive to my friend?
There's plenty of experts on here, they'll be along shortly. It's just there's a bit of a queue at Gregg's at the moment.
* shakes/pours tiny bits of crisp from bottom of packet, and burps* ... I am neither nutritionist or dietician but:
You need to have a degree in nutrition [b]&[/b] dietetics, (or straight dietetics iirc) to become a dietician so if his/her degree is in nutrition, your friend can cross that one off the list unless he/she fancies a further two or three years at university.
I have a friend who is qualified as a dietician but went from "stop smoking specialist" to drug rep. You could make a case to do either of these jobs with a degree in nutrition since many band 5 smoking cessation adviser/officer posts do not necessarily requre a professional registration, and drug rep jobs certainly don't. 😆
My cousin-in-law is a nutritionist by qualification/trade, but works in public health, doing all sorts of doom and gloom contingency planning for major spillages/contamination/toxicological/ecological disasters.
That there "Dr" Gillian McKeith is a nutritionist, but then she also has the same doctorate that (Medical) Dr Ben Goldacre famously managed to get from the internet for his dog. She's done alright for money though!
Thank you for your responses (yeti- not quite sure what you mean)
She is about to do a masters in dietetics.
good links thank you, have passed them on!
one last bump for luck then I'l let it go 🙂
cheers