Nutrition Specialist

• Nutritionist to work in various settings, each of which carries its own job duties. A Registered Dietitian may be considered a Licensed Nutritionist, depending upon a state’s licensing laws, but not all Licensed Nutritionists are Registered Dietitians. The general job description of a Licensed Nutritionist includes:
• Evaluating a client’s nutritional needs
• Providing nutritional counseling and advice to clients
• Creating a clinical nutrition treatment plan for a client
• Educating the public on nutrition issues
• Researching the effects of nutrition on health and fitness
• Consulting with a team of health care practitioners on nutritional management for a client

Specializations for Licensed Nutritionists, determining the settings in which they may work, include (but are not limited to):

• Clinical Nutritionist – works in medical and long-term care facilities
• Public Health Nutritionist – works in community and government organizations
• Management Nutritionists- work in medical facilities and institutions in planning meals and dietary needs
• Nutritional Consultant – works in private practice providing nutritional information to others through counseling, educational seminars, and working with corporations
• Sports Nutritionist – works with clients who are trying to get healthy through diet and physical activity, at fitness centers, gyms and sports medicine clinics
• Animal Nutritionists – work with the dietary needs of animals, in research, for pet food companies, zoos, and veterinarians