Blog of a Male Dietitian (Down Under) : The Beginning

Ok. Lets get a couple of things straight about the world of dietetics first.

1. A Dietitan is a respectable health profession, we are under-paid but not really over-worked (because obese people tend not to turn up to appointments…most of the time).
2. We do more than just tell people to eat breakfast and have 5-a-day…but we do do that A LOT.
3. Generally, I don’t eat healthily…but I tell patients I do.
4. And finally, I have no idea why there are so few male dietitians – 2 out of approximately 40 in my year and apparently only 1% of all dietitians are male (NB these figures may be slightly inaccurate). Its not a gay profession…although I’m pretty damn sure there are some out there.

So if that hasn’t put you off completely, this is my blog. I decided to start it because a lot of my friends have started one and I didn’t want to be the loser who didn’t do one. But if this blog is anything like some of theirs, this will probably be my one and only entry. Lets hope not.

And as you have probably guessed, I am going to Australia to preach as a male dietitian for the summer (their winter). My uni are paying for it – and probably so are you through you or your parents taxes, I know, I still can’t believe it myself.

So if you want to see what I’m doing with all your money i’ll try my best to update this regularly, starting with a blog about that disturbingly long 25hr flight - There better not be a crying baby sitting behind me.