Dietitians Unknown Jason Park
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- Health & Fitness
Have you ever wondered what other jobs are out there outside of the traditional clinical route in dietetics? Dietitians Unknown is a podcast interviewing registered dietitians who work in non-traditional areas. We'll explore how they got started in dietetics, how they ended up where they are now, and share some tips along the way on how you might break into those fields
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Entrepreneurship and Community Nutrition with Fallon Bader
Episode Notes
On today's episode we get to hear from Fallon Bader who is the owner of The Sprouting Kitchen: a business that combines bringing people to farms to learn about how their food is grown but also provides nutrition and cooking education. Fallon talks about her journey going from working at a non-profit called Food Corp, to working outpatient nutrition and then ultimately following her passion of connecting people to food with inspiration from farmers.
You can find Fallon Bader here:
Instagram: @TheSproutingKitchen
Website: https://www.thesproutingkitchen.org/
Promo video that was discussed in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHDV-Xt_wDo
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College Campus Nutrition with Holly Ellison
Episode Notes
On today's episode we get to chat with Holly Ellison who works as a Registered Dietitian at Minnesota State University Mankato. We get to learn about what Holly does as a Dietitian on a college campus and how she gets a lot of variety in her day-to-day work. Some days she is at the student health center providing individual nutrition counseling, another day she might be running a program at the dining hall, or working on the menu reviewing food allergens for the food service production side. While it can be a lot of work and challenging at times, Holly has found working with students super rewarding and shares her perspective in this area of dietetics.
You can find Holly Ellison here:
Instagram: @RDMNSU
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Entrepreneurship and Sports Dietetics with Jenny Westerkamp
Episode Notes
On today's episode we get to chat with Jenny Westerkamp the founder of All Access Dietetics and Nutrition Consultant for the Chicago Bulls. Jenny shares her story on how All Access Dietetics got started and her journey through sports dietetics. She also shares some tips on how to network and how you can go about approaching Dietitians if you're looking to try to gain experience in a field of dietetics that you're interested in pursuing.
You can find Jenny Westerkamp and All Access Dietetics here:
Instagram: @jennywesterkamp @allacessdietetics
Website: www.allacessdietetics.com
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Retail Dietetics with Andrew Akhaphong
Episode Notes
On today's episode we get to chat with Andrew Akhaphong who is the Registered Dietitian Manager at a retail grocery store called Mackenthun's Fine Foods. We get to hear about Andrew's story on how he gained inspiration to pursue a career in dietetics from his family who struggled as refugees during the Vietnam War and how he got his start in retail dietetics. He also shares his experience working as a dietitian in a grocery store setting and provided some tips for anyone who is interested in pursuing a career in this area of dietetics.
You can find Andrew here:
Instagram: @kin.di_rd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewakhaphong/
Links from the episode:
Retail Dietitians Business Alliance: www.retaildietitians.com
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Nutrition Informatics and Communications with Kathleen Pellechia
Episode Notes
On today's episode we get to hear from Kathleen Pellechia who is a Communications Manager at FHI 360 and she is also the Chair for the Nutrition Informatics Dietetic Practice Group. We get to talk about how she formed her path to find a career as a Dietitian that combines her passion for public health, community nutrition and health informatics. She also gives us an overview of Nutrition Informatics and what roles or jobs you might find as a Dietitian in this niche practice area.
Links from the episode:
Nutrition Informatics DPG: https://ni.eatrightpro.org/home
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics practice paper on Nutrition Informatics:
https://www.eatrightpro.org/~/media/eatrightpro%20files/practice/scope%20standards%20of%20practice/practicepaper-nutrition_informatics-final.ashx
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Taco Bell with Missy Schaaphok
Episode Notes
On today's episode we get to hear from Missy Schaaphok who is the Senior Manager of Global Nutrition and Sustainability at Taco Bell. We get to hear about how Missy knew straight away that she wanted to work in the food industry and the steps she took to get to where she is today.
You can find Missy here:
Instagram: @missfoodierd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missyschaaphok/
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