Nutrition Personal Statement Examples

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I grew up in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), which is usually ranked among the top ten fattest cities in America. Because of the obesity concern in the RGV, I decided to change my eating habits as a child. Unfortunately, my lack of nutrition knowledge and professional guidance led me to become severely ill and hospitalized several times. Through my illness, I consulted with several professionals all of whom taught me about a healthy diet, mindset, and lifestyle. Being able to grow in a community with a high rate of obesity yet also understanding malnutrition from personal experience helped me learn the importance of nutrition in both extremes of the spectrum. Although my actions at a young age led to disabilities I currently struggle with, …show more content…

Initially, I came in with motivation of wanting to get into research that focused specifically in the brain like Alzheimer’s disease. However, I was inspired by a lecture about how food resources and accessibility is heavily impacted by businesses. Therefore, I developed an interest in community nutrition and business. In addition, I still wanted to understand all areas of nutrition. By earning a dietitian credential my experience in all areas of nutrition with the dietetic internship will help me make a difference in nutritious food accessibility through business. Moreover, I decided to build my …show more content…

Shortly after, I was promoted to be an account manager in AIESEC for the partner company National Instruments. As an account manager, I was responsible for facilitating communications among a National Instruments’ representative, AIESEC Turkey committee president, and our local chapter president. This responsibility helped me learn and enhance my skills in business communication and time management. Through the dietetic internship, I can incorporate these skills to communicate effectively and in a timely manner and also learn about communication in clinical setting. The following summer I shadowed a dietitian at a local hospital. When I shadowed the dietitian, I learned more about the responsibilities in dietetic career. It was motivating to see how a diet could change the health conditions of critically ill patients, especially in pediatrics. The dietetic internship can provide me more exposure to the dietetic field, which can help me become more familiarized to a clinical setting. Moreover, I helped to organize patient charts corresponding to each dietitian of the floor and learned about the dietitians’ experience and opportunities in the dietetic profession. Because of my interest, the dietitian director offered me a job as a catering associate. As a catering associate, I quickly

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