Nutrition Majors

[ncsuLuke]

Tweeti was thinking about switching my major to something like nutrition or food science and was wondering if anyone here has majored in that and what kind of job they have and any other info really

thanks

[Slightly Enhanced]

Tweetno clue, my advice is to go see someone at the college, they should be able to answer all of those questions

[rude]

TweetI dont know, but they you would probably get a job as a dieticion (they dont get paid much here)

[T-Man007]

TweetIMO, I would not go for Nutrition unless you go the whole thing and become a Registered Dietician. They are the ones who have to go to graduate school to get their degree.

Some schools have Nutrition degrees you can get in 2 years. However, that may not satisfy the educational requirements to get Licensed by the state you live in. To design a diet for someone, in most states, you MUST be a Licensed Nutritionist or a Registered Dietician. The LN means you will have to go through the State's regulatory agency. I would suggest you research their education requirements and see what they are.

As far as money, I used to have one RD that I worked directly with at my gyms and she gave free seminars for me in return for referring all my members to her. I know she made good money just off my gym, not to mention all her other clients.

[mick-G]

TweetI think most of the high level positions are within corporate departments at major supplement and food companies. I used to work for the largest distributor of healthfood and supplements along time ago and we would have broker meetings and they would bring in their nutritional "spokes ppl". These ppl had alot of knowledge and had a very well rounded education in not only nutrition, but in all the major supplements and how they would work in the body. Also, they had to have overall training in the companies philosophies and product knowledge. To give you examples, Adkins, Twinlabs, Solaray, Natures Answer, etc. They all have nutrition ppl in the corporate offices. The jobs require alot of travel and to be able to speak to small to midsize groups of ppl at seminars and marketing meetings. Other than that Hospitals would be another place to look. I have no idea about pay rates.