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Holistic Nutrition Degrees
Nutrition Jobs
A formal nutrition education makes employment in a variety of health related careers possible. Nutrition jobs can be found in hospitals, wellness clinics, nursing care facilities, food manufacturing companies, home health agencies, sports teams, and school cafeterias. Medical clinics that specialize in natural healing methods will especially be open to someone trained in holistic nutrition. A nationwide emphasis on disease and illness prevention has increased the attention on nutrition education with a corresponding surplus of nutrition jobs.
Nutrition Education
Students of nutrition education who choose the path of holistic nutrition can often achieve a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degree. These degree levels not only reflect increased nutrition education but level of expertise in nutrition jobs as well. Usually only those with a doctorate degree will be consultants in holistic nutrition, for example. Nutrition education students may choose to add concentrations to their holistic nutrition degree such as iridology or herbal medicine. You should be able to find holistic nutrition courses and degrees wherever natural health programs are available as well as through nutrition education programs.
Courses towards a Holistic Nutrition Degree
Holistic nutrition topics you should expect to find in courses leading to a nutrition education degree or certification include:
- Natural health methods (examples: herbal remedies and aromatherapy)
- Understanding the affects of holistic nutrition on the body
- Major diseases and how they begin, thrive or spread
- Nutrition education and disease prevention
- Integrating holistic and traditional nutrition jobs
- Biology, anatomy and physiology
