Dietetics is the science of applying the principles of nutrition to the diet by studying the relationship between nutrition and human physiology. It must promote a balanced nutrition to those in good health as well as those in a more fragile state of health. It does so on an individual basis as well as a collective one. Dietetics is a paramedical profession having a preventive and therapeutic objective.

Preventive :

• Designing of balanced menus for children, teenagers, adults, the elderly and pregnant women
• Designing of menus for specific population such as sportsmen or newborns …
• Overall information on breakfast, breast feeding…

Therapeutic :

• In order to insure balanced nutrition, the dietician designs menus to deal with various pathology such as diabetes or obesity and cardiovascular, renal or digestive conditions
• The dietician teaches the patient on how to make his or her own menus by providing the information. The patient then modifies his/her nutritional habits and make efforts by receiving updated nutritional counseling
• The dietician, a nutritional technician, must adapt his counsel to each individual and ensure that eating remains a pleasurable experience or becomes one