Nutrition and dietetics
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Nutritionist is a person who advises on matters of food and nutrition impacts on health. Based on the person’s qualification, he/she may work as nutrition scientist, public health nutritionist, dietician nutritionist, clinical nutritionist or sports nutritionist.
Dietician mainly deals with dietetics. Regulation of diet according to the nutritional and calorific needs of the patients or clients is what a dietician takes care of. To practice as a dietician, a professional license and recognition from relevant authority/governing body is required.
Dietetics is the science of diet and its effects on human health. This field focuses on the scientific understanding of nutrition and its practical application in the field of healthcare and rehabilitation of patients.
To become a professional nutritionist in India, there is no need to obtain license. But to become a Dietician, one must possess license and become RD (Registered Dietician) from IDA
Though nutritionists and dieticians share many common tasks, an RD (Registered Dietician) is more like an allied healthcare professional.
An RD is more involved in the healthcare setup. He/she can be seen working in hospitals and clinics, monitoring patients and preparing diet plans for them. RDs work in tandem with consulting Doctors. They observe the Doctor’s diagnosis and inputs, and prepare diet plans for patients based on those observations and inputs.
Other than healthcare centres, they can also be seen working at fitness centres, sports centres and their own clinics. A nutritionist is more involved in the research and food manufacturing sectors.
Like other professional courses, nutrition and dietetics courses are available in 3 formats in India. They are Diploma courses, Undergraduate (Degree) courses and Postgraduate (PG) courses (Certificate courses are also available, but they are not highly valued or detailed).
Course duration : Regular Diploma course is 2-3 years long. Depending upon the institute, course duration may vary. Some institutes are known to offer distance education course format.
Eligibility criteria : 10+2 passed from a recognized board
Admission process : Depending upon the institute, it could be direct admission process or merit based admission process.
Further studies : Valid Diploma certificate holders may pursue relevant Bachelor’s Degree course. B.Sc. Degree can then be followed up with PG Degree or PG Diploma courses.
Course duration : Bachelor of Science Degree course is 3 years long.
Eligibility criteria : 10+2 Science stream passed from a recognized board
Further education and PG courses : Bachelor of Science Graduates may go for PG Degree or PG Diploma courses. M.Sc. is the most popular PG Degree course out there.
Graduates have handful of PG courses to choose from. M.Sc. and PG Diploma courses can be used to specialize in disciplines such as-
Some of the well known PG courses available in India are- M.Sc. Clinical Nutrition, M.Sc. Food Science, M.Sc. Public Health Nutrition, M.Sc. in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, PG Diploma in Therapeutic Nutrition, PG Diploma in Sports Science and Nutrition, PG Diploma in Food Science and Nutrition.
Course duration : M.Sc. course lasts for a period of 2 years. PG Diploma course lasts for a period of 1 year.
Eligibility criteria : Must possess relevant Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University/Institute. Minimum aggregate marks required could be around 50-55%
Further studies : After Master’s or PG Diploma course, you may go for further advanced programs like M.Phil. and PhD.
Nutritionists or dieticians may build a career in the following sectors- R&D (Research and Development), Healthcare sector (hospitals, clinics, health centres etc), Government schemes and organizations, NGOs, Teaching and Education sector
Government sector
Private sector
Self employment is another good opportunity.
UN and International Organizations like WHO, UNICEF are also known to hire nutritionists and dieticians.
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OPPORTUNITIES
For food science and nutrition there are different branches you can choose. For nutrition you can go for Bsc Nutrition courses where you'll be taught about the nutrients which is to be taken care while preparing diets and also you'll be taught about how to increase the macro and micro nutrients in food. In food sciences which come under Life-science stream and known as Bsc Food Technology carries core branches like dairy, fermentation, industrial preparations, microbiology, biotechnology etc which is most referred if you want to make your profession in food industry.
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Hi,
MSc Nutrition and dietics is a two years post graduation course. The eligibility to apply for this course is B.Sc degree with life science course.
Some institutions give admission only to B.Sc nutrition science and dietics, or B.Sc home science candidate.
While some allow admission to candidates from broader discipline like Medical or Non-Medical or biosciences or medical science or allied medical science or Nutrition and Dietetics or Food Technology or Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology or Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology or Clinical Chemistry or Public Health and Allied Sciences) or equivalent.
So yes a candidate with B.Sc Biotechnology can do M.Sc nutrition and dietics. But before applying to the college do check their educational eligibility criteria.
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hey,
here are the top colleges offering nutrition and dietetics course in mumbai
1. DY patil university
2. mumbai university [MU] ,mumbai
3. savitribai phule pune university [SSPU]. pune
4. Dr BMN college of home science , mumbai
5. shreemati nathibai damodar thackersey women's university [SNDT] , mumbai
6. symboisis international university [SIU] , pune
7. G.H raisoni university [GHRU] , amravati
8. symbiosis institute of health sciences [SIHS] , pune
you may find job in various sectors like hospitals , nursing home facilities , catering departments (starred hotels) , health department (government) , restaurant and many more , some of the job profiles are nutritionists, dietitians , food quality manager , clinical dieticians , nutrition specialist , food processing manager and many more
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I think yes. For this IGNOU has Campus Placement Cell (CPC) whose aim is to provide employment opportunities to its students at all levels matching with their personal and academic profiles. The CPC conducts various Campus Placement or Recruitment, Job Fairs and employability enhancement activities throughout the year at the Headquarters, Regional Centres, Study Centres and Company premises.
Hope this information may help you, All the best.
Its better if you do a proper bachelors or a Masters course from a recognised university.
However, if you do not have the scope of doing the bachelors or the masters, you can start working with any established dietitian who can train you. You’ll be trained on how to handle the customer and their conditions or query. A lot of established dietitians in Mumbai take interns so you can try there.
Dear aspirant,
Since you are a pcm student you can definitely take up BSc. food science and quality control in any college with 50 % or above marks in you 10+2 higher secondary exam. However admission in BSc clinical nutrition requires to pass higher secondary with the subjects PCB (physics, chemistry, biology)
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You need not necessarily opt for a ''clinical" nutrition course as both a clinical nutritionist as well a registered dietician may practice individually.
The major difference between the two is the approach of work. While dieticians focus on food patterns and diet of the patient , a nutritionist focuses on nutrition based treatment for their patients.
Hope this cleared your doubt.
Hello student ,
If we talk about clinical nutritionist and dietitian then clinical nutritionist uses a holistic approach to healing , taking into his consideration of the person's body in whole mind , body and soul and has practiced it on different patient .
Where as clinical dietitians use knowledge in the science of nutrition to advise on appropriate diet, food and menu planning to treat nutrition related disease and has practiced it clinically on the patients .
And if we talk about normal nutrionist and dietitian then normal nutrionist are those who would have only know to guide people about healthy eating habits to improve health and prevent disease , but didn't had practiced on the basis of clinically same as normal dietitian guide us about the science of nutrition and advises others about healthy eating but has not practiced it clinically .
Hope you find this helpful .
hello aspirant
Madina college is one of the the best college for the stream of Ms.C especially for the Nutrition and Dietetics. This was established in the year 2013. And this college provide hostel facilities for all the students studying in this college. Almost all the students get hostel facilities and the students who takes the admission lately for those students the hostel facility might be hard because all most the hostel rooms will be filled as this is s girls college mostly all the girls prefer to get in to a hostel.
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