Dietitian

Although the United States added the recent decline in unemployment, but the national unemployment rate remains high. Experts estimate that the recovery of the U.S. job market at least one to two years. Nevertheless, some work is still optimistic about employment prospects. In today's "future hot jobs" series report, we introduce you to: Dietitian.

Uneven intake of nutrition and nutritional problems caused by obesity sweeping the nation. United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) statistics show that among Americans over the age of 20, with 67 percent of the population overweight or obese. The center estimates that annual U.S. health care system in obesity-related diseases cost more than 147 billion U.S. dollars.

Experts say prevention is to ease this national health crisis of the party. Thus came into being in this industry nutritionists and quickly expanded. U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of 2008, a total of about 60,000 U.S. Zero 3 million registered dietitian. By 2018, the industry is expected to expand 9 percent, up to 60,005 thousand eight hundred people.

Department of Labor's Web site said that the main work dietitian food and nutrition programs, including design, supervision of food processing, and the intake of food and nutrition guidance. Them through the promotion of healthy eating habits and adjust people's diet to achieve the prevention and treatment of disease. For example, the nutritionist may tell hypertensive patients to reduce salt intake, and obese patients to design a low-sugar and low fat diet program.

Nutrition consulting company in Florida Nutrolution founder, registered dietitian Rachel Richardson (Rachel Richardson) said that the importance of dietitians for people's health as much as a doctor.

Richardson said: "I originally wanted to be a doctor and enrolled in college premed biology and biochemistry courses. I always think that doctors are the key to helping people stay healthy. But I am in the learning process and personal experience that to help people stay healthy, people actually go to the hospital nutritionist. "

According to the U.S. Department of Labor website, dietitians be employed by manufacturing firms, advertising agencies, government departments, medical research institutions, hospitals and clinics, nursing homes, care facilities, or community and catering. Most dietitians in a clean, light and well ventilated environment. But there are a small percentage of dietitians working location is hot, crowded kitchen.

Most dietitians work hours are 9 to 5, 40 hours per week. In 2008, the United States, about 80 percent of dietitians are full-time work, others are part-time.

Nutrition consulting company in Florida Nutrolution founder, registered dietitian, Ms. Richardson said her work is very challenging. Among them, the knowledge and information update is a major challenge.

"All dietitians are facing a challenge. I do not mind the challenge, but it is indeed a challenge. This is the interpretation of the different and sometimes diametrically opposed concepts of nutrition. For example, in recent years, we often hear in the media , vitamin E is harmful to human original, previously believed to be vitamin E against heart disease, may fight cancer. Now, they say vitamin E not only can not but result in heart disease and cancer. For clients, I'm an expert, so I have to figure out how this is going. "

Nutritionists in the industry growth rate of the next 10 years and the overall increase in U.S. job market is approximately equal. The Labor Department said that American society to increase awareness of disease prevention, resistance to food processing, and federal and state government health care programs for nutrition and diet therapy counseling services covering the main reason is the growth of this industry.

However, there are a number of potential factors that may inhibit the expansion of the industry. For example the employer may choose to hire professionals in related fields of work nutritionists, including health educators, food service managers and food technologists and so on. In addition, the U.S. private health insurance companies to provide nutritional counseling and diet is still very limited insurance coverage.

In 2011, the average annual salary of U.S. nutritionists 40,008 thousand dollars.