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Food and Nutrition | The fusion of the science of nutrition with the creativity of healthy eating and cooking |
FCS | Family and Consumer Sciences |
Sports Nutrition | Applying the science of sports nutrition to fuel performance and fitness |
Health Coaches | Educates and supports clients to achieve their health goals through lifestyle and behavior adjustments |
Non-licensed people | Providing non-fraudulent information about nutrients contained in foods or supplements. |
Nutrition Care Services | Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutritional needs |
Dietetics/Nutrition | means the integration and application of principles derived from the science of nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, food, and management and from behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain a healthy status. |
Primary function of dietetic/nutrition practice | Provision of nutrition care services. |
Registered Dietitians | is a national credential- Granted by the Commission on Dietetic Registration |
Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist | is a North Carolina license- Granted by the NC Board of Dietetics/Nutrition |
Dietetics/Nutrition Practice Act | The purpose of the law is to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare and to protect the public from being harmed by unqualified persons by providing for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dietetics/nutrition and by the establishment of educational standards for those persons. |
Food and Beverage Services | Food Service Director, personal chef |
Food Products and Processing Systems | Food Scientists and Technologists |
American Culinary Federation | Certified Executive Chef |
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences | Certified Nutrition and Wellness Educator |
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | Specialists Certifications |
Workplaces | Companies, health clinics and wellness centers |
Family and Community Services | Food Security Program Coordinators and Health Coaches |
CTE | Career and Technical Education |
Nutrition Career Services | Evaluating, making changes in, and maintaining appropriate standards of quality in food and nutrition services |