Be it for work or good health, dieticians are on the rise in Italy. Young Italians, and especially young Italian women, are increasingly favouring a scientific approach to nutrition.

Young Italians, and especially young Italian women, are increasingly favouring a scientific approach to nutrition over the cultural aspects of cooking, taste and haute cuisine. And more than a few are aiming to make that their lifetime profession, since the number of young people who want to major in Nutritional Sciences and similar disciplines is rapidly rising, to the point the Italian Ministry for Education has put the threshold of admissions to those courses at the beginning of the next academic year at only 413 people for the entire country.