{"id":9822,"date":"2021-10-22T01:05:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T01:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?p=9822"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:22:35","slug":"career-explorers-7-jobs-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-in-diet-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/career-explorers-7-jobs-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-in-diet-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Explorers: 7 Jobs You Didn’t Know You Could Do in Diet & Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
You\u2019ve probably heard the staple \u2018try for five\u2019 or \u2018five plus two\u2019 when it comes to eating right. General guidelines tell us that we should all aim to eat at least five portions of fruit and veggies every day (don\u2019t know about you, but that sounds easier than it often is!).<\/strong><\/p>\n Diet, health and nutrition are a vital part of our lives and our communities. It might not be an area you think about much when it comes to careers – but it\u2019s an up-and-coming industry with lots to explore!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/p>\n According to the Department for Health<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cGood food and nutrition is important to good health and wellbeing and reduces the risk of disease. Healthy eating means choosing the right foods and knowing how much to have.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Diet, health and nutrition play a major role across many different areas of society. From the foods that end up in our local supermarkets, how certain foods are marketed and promoted to audiences, to nutritional guidelines for children, adults and those with long-term medical conditions.<\/p>\n Food and nutrition are big parts of our lives, and it makes sense that there are professionals out there researching, advising and guiding us to make better-informed choices about the foods we eat.<\/p>\n National Nutrition Week<\/a> runs every October from the 10-17th; hopefully, you had some guidance and information about it at school, but essentially the week aims to raise awareness and education around nutrition and how we can all eat and live a little better.<\/p>\n Nutrition and health are things we need to be aware of all year round, so we thought there was no better time to take a look at some of the careers and professions you could pursue in this exciting industry:<\/p>\n So there you have it! What do you think? Any new roles that surprised or inspired you?<\/p>\n Getting started with a career in diet, health, and nutrition can be done in several ways.<\/p>\n You could:<\/strong><\/p>\n Whatever\u00a0your\u00a0preferred pathway – there are entry points to get you on your way.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019ve probably heard the staple \u2018try for five\u2019 or \u2018five plus two\u2019 when it comes to eating right. General guidelines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[34],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13718,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822\/revisions\/13718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is the Diet, Health and Nutrition Industry All About?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
7 Jobs You Didn\u2019t Know You Could Do<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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How Do You Get Started?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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