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What Your Career Plans Is Your Academic Interests Or Plans For Future Study

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Describe your career plans, your academic interests or plans for future study.
My goal is to become a Registered Dietitian and provide healthy eating resources in various community settings. My two special interests in nutrition is nutrition for adolescent athletes to support their growth and development as well as their performance, and nutrition for disease prevention and management for adults. My first degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a Bachlor of Arts in dance. I am also a health screener for Interactive Health. I perform biometric screenings (blood pressure, waist circumference, BMI), then analyze those values and the client’s lab values (glucose, HDL, LDL, trigerlcyerides, and total cholesterol) to give them a snapshot of their health status and areas that could be improved. The field of dietetics will prepare me to fill a significant medical and humanitarian need in Milwaukee. As a returning adult student, I know this is the right career.
In 2006, UWM offered a Nutrition Certificate, which I added to my BA. I fell in love with the coursework. I learned that Americans spend billions annually on weight loss products, which have little data to support their claims. I learned about the rising obesity epidemic. I learned how the risk of developing chronic diseases could be minimized with a healthy diet and exercise.
I graduated from UWM in 2010 and returned in 2012 to earn a BS in Nutritional Sciences. I am learning how to apply chemistry, biology,

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