Nutrition is a biological process that utilizes the nutrients provided by food or other sources for the survival and growth of the organism. The arena of scientific pursuits in nutrition as a science is very broad. People from a wide variety of fields specializes in specific areas of nutrition that are related to their original field of study may call themselves nutritionists e.g. veterinary scientists, plant scientists, food scientists, physicians, pharmacists, biochemists may all be titled nutritionist after getting some expertise in nutrition though they have very diverse expertise in relation to nutrition. Human nutritionists study about various aspects of human nutrition and have much more comprehensive knowledge than the other kind of Nutritionists.
Following are the main objectives of the Program:
Human Nutritionists and Dietetics can work as a dietician in hospitals and Nutritionists in health clinics, health centers, and MNCs. Graduates can also work as a project assistant, project associate, chief nutritionist in NGO’s and private organizations.