Dietitians plan, conduct, and supervise diet food service programs and provide nutrition counselling/consulting services. They also conduct research to improve the nutritional value, taste, appearance, and preparation of food, and may specialize in different areas such as clinical, community or research dietetics, public health, food service administration, and industry.

In general, you need a university degree.

To be a dietitian or nutritionist, you need a bachelor's or master's degree in dietetics, nutrition or a closely related field, one to two years' supervised training, and registration with the regulatory body in the province/territory where you'll work.

Most recent entrants have an undergraduate university degree, and almost 1 in 10 has a graduate degree.