Its occupation definition: a professional engaged in the evaluation and guidance of the public's dietary nutrition status, the dissemination of nutrition and food safety knowledge, and the promotion of national health.
Mainly engaged in the work includes:
(1) for dietary survey and evaluation; (2) Measurement and evaluation of human nutritional status; (3) Nutrition consultation and education; (4) Dietary guidance and evaluation; (5) food nutrition evaluation; (6) Community nutrition management and nutrition intervention; (6) Training and management
Career profile:
National nutrition and health status is an important indicator reflecting the economic and social development, health care level and population quality of a country or region. Good nutrition and health are the foundation and goal of social and economic development. In the United States, Japan and other developed countries, countries have established the legal status of nutritionists through legislation. On the whole, the social status and management mode of nutritionists are similar to those of doctors. In the past, the management of dietitian qualification in China focused on doctors engaged in clinical nutrition therapy, which was managed in the form of medical practitioner examination or health professional technical qualification certification, and the Ministry of Health was responsible for this work. There is no special nutrition major in medical colleges. However, such nutrition professionals are concentrated in medical institutions such as hospitals. Compared with the nutritional status of China people, this management and training system has created a huge gap for professional nutritionists, especially those who provide nutritional services to the public. According to incomplete statistics, there are less than 5000 professionals engaged in public nutrition in China.
With the continuous improvement of the national vocational qualification management system and the popularization of vocational education, nutritionist education and training programs are gradually heating up. Especially in June 5438+ 10, 2004, Vice Minister Wang Longde of the Ministry of Health introduced the nutrition and health status of China residents at the press conference of the State Council Office, and the proposal of the National Nutrition Regulations promulgated at the National People's Congress in March 2005, which made the market for nutritionist training and certification unprecedentedly hot. On July 22, 2007, the Vocational Skills Appraisal Bureau of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Vocational Skills Appraisal Guidance Center of the Ministry of Health organized a nationwide 145 candidates to participate in the national vocational qualification pilot appraisal of public nutritionists in Peking University Medical Center. Among them, more than 70 candidates passed the examination and obtained the national third-class vocational qualification certificate of public dietitian. Since then, there has been a real public dietitian and a formal national professional qualification appraisal of public dietitians.