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Originally Posted by PureGoldF2K1
I have very recently decided to switch paths completely and go from a confused, sometimes bored, Communications major with no goals to a Nutrition major. I am somewhat overwhelmed, but in a good way because I am so sure this is what I want to do, and in 24 years, I've never had that feeling. I'm starting small with one Biology class and going from there.
I would love to hear if anyone is in a career like this, what they do specifically, how they like it, personal stories, etc etc.
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I'm not a dietician but I have some good friends who are, worked with dieticians fairly closely before and my best friend just went back to school to be a dietician for her second career (after being an environmental scientist). The ones I worked with were in hospitals and did work with adolescent girls with eating disorders, teaching diabetics how to follow their diabetic diets, helped patients learn healthy eating habits, lose weight, lower their blood pressure, etc. It seems like a very rewarding job to be and one that I would probably enjoy (although I would look like a total hypocrit since I'm not exactly the model of healthy eating!). My friend who is back in school for it now did it because she has lost 100 pounds through healthy eating and exercise and wants to help others do the same. I think she'll be great at it because she'll truly understand what her patients are going through and she has taken a lot of time to teach herself what is healthy and what is not to get to this point personally. All the dieticians I know have this cool set of plastic food that, I guess, reminds me of when we played house or restaurant as kids..lol. Looks like fun to me!
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