Launching Your Dietetics Career

by Jenna A. Bell, PhD, RD, Kyle W. Shadix, MS, RD, D. Milton Stokes, MPH, RD, CDN

Overview

Providing valuable education and career advice, this guide serves as a roadmap through the growing field of dietetics to becoming a registered dietician. Whether thinking about a career in nutrition or already in a program or internship, these lessons succinctly, effectively, and inexpensively explain what comes next. Topics range from types of dietetics programs available and tips for landing internships to advice for career changers and how to keep current professional development portfolios. Also included are inspiring profiles of the movers and shakers in the field of nutrition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780983725534
Publisher:	Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Publication date:	08/31/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	957 KB

About the Author

Jenna Bell is a Contributing Editor at Today's Dietitian Magazine and a Sports Nutrition Consultant at Swim, Bike, Run, Eat! LLC Kyle Shadix, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian, food scientist, and food-safety expert, who serves on the editorial advisory board for Today’s Dietitian magazine, is a contributing editor for CookingLight.com, and is a member of the advisory board for the nutrition department at Teachers College. He is currently the corporate senior research chef for PepsiCo Global Beverage R&D. He lives in Valhalla, New York. D. Milton Stokes is a registered dietitian and owner of One Source Nutrition, LLC. He has over 20 years' experience in the areas of food and nutrition as a nutrition professional and former restaurateur. Milton is a former national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association); in this capacity he's been featured in Cooking Light, Fitness, Self, Men's Health, AOL, The Washington Post and countless other media outlets. His latest book, Flat Belly Diet! for Men (Rodale, 2009) is a New York Times best seller. Presently earning his PhD in health communication, he serves as a teaching assistant and instructor for public speaking, cross-cultural communication, children and media at the University of Connecticut.