[Career] Nutritionist, thoughts, schools & courses Options

[espressive]

So I'm thinking of becoming a Nutrionist/Dietician (is there a difference?) & I'm a sophomore in high school, but I figured it was a good idea to plan ahead a little bit since senior year will just be around the corner. Basically, here are my questions that I hope you guys can answer.

1. What should I major in for this career path? (there's no major for just nutrition?)
2. What colleges/universities are known for this type of career?
3. What kind of classes would I be taking?
4. What kind of jobs could I get? (working in hospitals/fitness clubs...?)

Although I would like feedback from people who are/have chosen this career, general comments are encouraged too. Thank you!

Background:

My mom alluded the job to me a couple weeks back and the more I think about it, the more I like it. I love the medical field. I think it's amazing and I definitely have an interest in it. It's just that I don't know what type of doctor I'd be, science isn't my best subject area & there's too much schooling involved for me, personally. I know that being a Nutritionist involves science, but I'm better at chemistry/anatomy than let's say, physics. Plus, the stuff I'll be learning would be easily applicable to daily life. It's also a little bit different than your average answers of "I want to be a teacher or a doctor or a lawyer!" My epiphany was last week, when I opened a pamphlet of church events. One of them included a mission trip to Nicaragua and the type of people they'll be looking for included doctors and nutrionists. About two weeks ago, I went on a retreat and one of the topics discussed during the retreat was glorifying God through your career. I remembered my small group leader said that he decided to major in art, which was a hobby of his; but his epiphany was when a lady came in and spoke to the class about the projects her company does, one of which included Veggie Tales. At that time, I was debating between a couple of careers, which included Nutritionist, but I didn't know how any of them would glorify God. I guess that pamphlet was the final key. I saw it as a sign, from a religious perspective. So I know a lot of people aren't Christians and are probably reading this, thinking it's a bunch of bull-crap. Why base your career off a stupid religious pamphlet, right? Well no, I had a growing interest in this career before, but coming from a religious background, that pamphlet just help me to finalize my decision is all. That's pretty much it!

[*Azarel*]

I'm not sure about the answers to any of your questions, except I can tell you that at my university (UC Davis), nutrition is offered as a major, and I have two suitemates majoring in it.. As far as I know, they have chemistry and food science courses required for their major...

[HakunaMatata]

There's some basic data here. It covers questions 1,2, and 4. I'm not sure about which unviersities are the best for this particular career, but I'm sure you counselor would be very helpful for a question like that.