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Our accredited nutrition and dietetics major prepares you for careers in medical nutrition, nutrition counseling, and community health.
As a nutrition and dietetics major at Messiah College, you’ll gain a broad foundation in food science and technology, nutrient functions and metabolism, community health, and medical nutrition therapy. Hands-on activities such as cooking and large-quantity food production, nutrition counseling, and nutrition research will provide you with opportunities to interact with practicing nutrition and dietetics professionals and with individuals and community groups needing nutrition care services.
As you immerse yourself in field and classroom learning, you’ll develop communication, teamwork, management, and problem-solving skills essential to a career in foods manufacturing, food service, community health, and medical nutrition.
Challenging courses in behavioral science, nutrition education, and nutrition counseling will teach you how to apply your knowledge in helping people with a wide variety of nutrition and health concerns, while taking that all-important first step toward becoming a Registered Dietitian (RD) – a credential required in many nutrition-related jobs.
As a nutrition and dietetics major at Messiah College, you’ll be able to:
- Work in our state-of-the-art nutrition and dietetics lab suite as well as our biology, chemistry, and microbiology labs.
- Learn how to apply science principles, communication techniques, and management strategies to improve the nutritional status of individuals and communities.
- Join the Student Nutrition Awareness Club (SNAC) where you’ll perform a variety of food and nutrition related service activities and develop leadership skills.
- Take courses such as Nutrition Through the Life Cycle, Advanced Food Science and Technology, and Nutrition Education and Counseling.
- Work alongside faculty researching body composition assessment, sports nutrition, and nutrition for children with special healthcare needs.
- Plan and prepare nutritious and delicious meals for large groups using the College’s dining services kitchens.
- Continue your studies to become credentialed as a Registered Dietitian (RD) to practice nutrition care.
- For additional information on dietetics education contact ACEND at: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995, Phone: 312-899-0040 Ext. 5400, or www.eatright.org
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| Messiah College is one of only eight Christian Colleges to offer a nutrition and dietetics major approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). |
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