A Career in Nutrition |
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Being a dietitian offers many opportunities for a rewarding career. Dietitians have a strong scientific background in foods and nutrition, combined with an emphasis on interpersonal and counselling skills. They can integrate, translate, and apply food and nutrition theory into practice to assist individuals, groups, and the population-at-large to achieve their food, nutrition, and health-related goals.
What Does a Dietitian Do?
Registered Dietitians are licensed professionals, uniquely trained to advise on diet, food and nutrition in many diverse workplaces. They play a major role in health care, industry, government and education. [More]
How to Become a Dietitian
There are three steps to becoming a professionally qualified dietitian in Canada - education, supervised practical experience and registration with the dietetic regulatory body (College or Association) in the province where you intend to practice. [More]
Professional Standards
Dietitians have an in-depth scientific knowledge of food and human nutrition and integrate this knowledge with that from other disciplines including health and social sciences, education, communication and management. Dietitians are the recognized food and nutrition professionals in Canada.
Professional Standards guide the profession in its pursuit of excellence. Standards are based on the values, priorities and practice of the profession. Standards influence all stages of a dietitian's practice. [More]