Overview:
Nutrition and Dietetics is a science, of how food and nutrition affects human health. Dietician /nutritionist helps people improve their health by creating a diet plan and educating people about healthy food habits. Nutrition and Dietetics is mainly associated with the promotion of good, clean health habits which can help to live a quality life. The focus is to educate, motivate and counsel people for a better work routine and healthy food selection. They also help deal with specific health issues like management of diabetes, implications of chemotherapy etc.
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Career Path:
| Stream of Study in 12th Grade/School: |
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| Degree/Graduation Courses: |
- B.Sc. in Nutrition and dietetics for 3 years
- B.Sc. in Home Science for 3 years
- Diploma in Home Science for 3 years
- B.Sc. in Food & Nutrition for 3 years
- B.A (Hons) in Nutrition
- B.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition, Dietetics and Catering Management
- Diploma in Dietetics and Public Health Nutrition (DDPHN)
- Certificate Course in Food and Nutrition
- Certificate Course in Nutrition and Child Care
- Certificate Course in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Diploma in Applied Nutrition and Dietetics
- Diploma in Food and Nutrition
- Diploma in Nutrition and Health Education
- PG Diploma in Dietetics
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| Higher education/Post Graduation Courses: |
- M.Sc. Nutrition and dietetics for 2 year
- M.Sc. Home Science for 2 years
- M.Sc. in Food & Nutrition for 2 years
- M.Sc. in Food & Fermentation Technology
- M.Sc. in Dietetics & Applied Nutrition
- M.Sc. in Applied Nutrition
- M.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics
- M.Sc. in Food, Nutrition & Dietetics
- PG Diploma in Food & nutrition
- PG Diploma in Nutrition Dietetics
- PG Diploma in Nutrition and dietetics for 2 years
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Top Colleges:
- Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, New Delhi
- Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi
- Women's Christian College, University of Madras, Chennai
- JD Birla Institute, Kolkata
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
- University of Mysore, Mysore
- National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
- University of Bombay, Mumbai
- SNDT Women's University, Mumbai
- University of Health Science, Vijayawada
- Jawaharlal Lal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
- Central Food Technology & Research Institute, Mysore
- Tamil Nadu GD Naidu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta
- Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (http://www.ignou.ac.in/)
