What we eat plays a major part in our overall quality of life. Never has this been more true than in the present time we live in. With numerous reports of children suffering from obesity and an adult population increasingly prone to weight related illnesses such as diabetes and cardiac diseases, the need to proactively manage our diet is no longer something that can be taken lightly.
A dietetic technician is trained to assess a person's diet and current health condition and make recommendations on the changes the person needs to make to their eating habits if they want to live longer and healthier. As one would expect, diet technicians work very closely with dietitians.
Diet tech jobs can be found in hospitals, schools, weight management clinics, prisons, government agencies and day care where the holder of the position would be tasked with formulating the most appropriate diet whether general diets for overall healthy living or diets specifically tailored for persons with special needs.
These diet technicians are not only responsible for structuring proper diets - they can also be involved in training on best dietary practice. The audience of such training can range from new mothers, children, invalids and the old. A good number of diet technicians work on a part time basis and will usually either be contracted by more than one institution or will be trained in another profession.
Dietetic technicians also work in the food industry where they participate in the preparation process to ascertain that the food prepared or packed is beneficial for human consumption and the packet labels clearly and accurately indicate the nutrient content, calorie content, or any other information that the consumer would expect to see or that is required to be shown by law.
Even though diet technicians are expected to focus on developing diets that foster good health, they must always be alive to the needs of their audience or client in order to ensure that a healthy meal is also an enjoyable one to eat. Doing this calls for creativity as well as an understanding of a wide range of healthy recipes.
If you would like to be a dietetic technician, you will first need to enroll for at the minimum a two year science associate degree covering food science, nutrition and food service system management. Once you are through with the associate degree, you must then enroll for a specialized dietetic technician training program endorsed by the Commission on Accreditation for Diabetics Education (CADE).
The CADE-approved specialized training program covers the entire spectrum of the dietetic technician's typical responsibilities. You will be trained on the patient management process - that is, the different approaches to use when talking to patients and trying to understand what their nutritional objectives are.
The program also tackles the fundamental principles of proper diets including best practice on portion control, steps to follow in developing a menu plan, safety and hygiene in food preparation and food storage, and the economic considerations in food preparation.
It is difficult to cover everything about the diet technician in this short article. I encourage you to do more research if you are interested. Visiting more websites covering the career in more detail should help.
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Copyright Kenneth Echie.
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