Career as nutrition or dietitians
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 30-08-2017
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Academia, Research and Lecturing
After completing a degree in nutrition or dietetics, nutritionists may choose to pursue further study, by completing a master's degree or a PhD which will involve research into a particular aspect of nutrition. To get a research training post that leads to a higher research degree (MPhil/ PhD), in a specialist institute or university, you first need a good BSc (first class or 2:1) or a good MSc. You will need postdoctoral experience to go into an academic research career. Research can involve laboratory type experiments, for example examining absorption or metabolism of nutrients, or could be of a more social/behavioural context, examining eating habits or the effects of a particular nutritional intervention.