In order to solve eating problems, people hesitate between a nutritionist and a dietician. Both are specialized in nutrition and can advise on weight problems. But what is the real difference between the two professions? Focus on this question in what follows.
The difference in training
Nutritionists and dieticians do not follow the same training. The nutritionist is a doctor who has followed a basic medical training equivalent to 8 years of study after the baccalaureate and who has completed additional specialised training in nutrition. As for the dietician, he or she is a health professional with a BTS or DUT, specialized in dietetics or biological engineering. Both the nutritionist and the dietician may be consulted for a nutritional problem, but the dietician will have to refer the person who comes to consult him or her to the nutritionist if he or she presents symptoms related to an illness. The dietitian is not in a position to advise treatment to a patient as he is a technician.
When should a nutritionist be consulted?
Consultation with a nutritionist should always be on the prescription or advice of a doctor. The reason is that the nutritionist accompanies a patient in matters of nutrition. Indeed, it is always a person who is suffering from a disease that is medically followed by a nutritionist to make him lose weight or to make him gain weight. The most common illnesses that require the intervention of such a health professional are metabolic diseases, such as cholesterol, diabetes, gout or thyroid disease. People with cardiovascular disease also need to be followed by a nutritionist most of the time.
When should I see a dietician?
The dietician can intervene on several levels, such as accompanying an overweight person, assisting a person with an unbalanced diet, assisting a person who lacks ideas for recipes. This technician gives advice on nutrition. His job is to ensure that people eat healthy and do not become obese or malnourished. Both overweight and underweight people can ask a dietician for dietary and nutritional advice. This health professional creates the diet according to each individual's state of health. In fact, a diet should never be followed on a whim. Metabolism is different from one individual to another. In addition, each person has his or her own lifestyle. Therefore, the diet should be established according to several criteria. This is the role of the dietician.
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