Physical Activity and Nutrition

The online master's degree in Physical Activity and Nutrition offers many job opportunities in different areas. Students who complete this program of study can work as Nutrition consultants, food educators, researchers or marketing experts for food companies. Specifically, you may work for health organizations and government institutions to develop and implement nutrition and public health programs or you may choose to Open their own private practice as nutritionists (upon passing the relevant State Examination), helping patients/clients achieve their health goals through diet and exercise.

In addition, as awareness of the importance of nutrition increases, food companies are becoming more interested in hiring Nutrition specialists to research and develop healthier and more sustainable food products. There are also job opportunities in the restaurant industry, where nutrition graduates may be responsible for developing healthy and balanced menus for restaurants and hotels.

In Sport, specific dietary-nutritional needs arise within the context of different sports disciplines (aerobic and anaerobic, endurance and power) and with respect to the Biochemical Individuality of the professional and amateur under consideration.

Guidelines for Dietary Programs, therefore, customized ad "disciplinam" and ad "personam" that the sports physician, coach and trainer must draw in order to better sports performance.

For this reason, when dealing with Athletes, professional and non-professional, the assemblage of a work program must be as "Athlete and Discipline focused" in the triad as possible:

1. Metabolism
2. Structure
3. Psyche

Through the good use of nutrition and vitamin-mineral-amino acid-nutraceutical supplementation today it is possible to achieve a:

• optimal muscle energy production
• good neurotransmitter activation
• Muscle mass conformed to the type of sport practiced
• stress modulation
• best performance

Macro- and Micronutrients concur, therefore, to provide the body with the energy and plastic sources it needs in order to optimize Sports Performance.

It is only by convincing oneself of the goodness of the food choices that, in addition, the Athlete's natural and initial psychological resistance to the new and healthy Nutrition is overcome.

Not only "Calories" , therefore, but also "Vitalie."