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Your profession: Dietitian (m/f)

Professional activities

Dietitians draw up diet and nutrition plans for persons who wish to eat healthily or who need to follow a certain diet. They implement dietary prescriptions given by doctors, design individual diet treatments, prepare special forms of dietary food and provide advice and training in nutritional matters.

Fields of work

Dietitians are employed

  • at hospitals
  • in rehabilitation clinics
  • in specialist outpatient surgeries
  • or are self-employed in their own private practice
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).