Health and Nutrition
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Mentor: Ms. Arlene Frances Wu (Health Concept Hong Kong Limited)
Isabel Yam & Tina Fan
Our three day job shadowing programme under Ms Wu at Health Concept Hong Kong Ltd was a valuable learning experience. Ms Wu patiently spent time describing her job as a nutritionist. She also gave us tips on how to enter this industry and also described the challenges we may face in this field. During these three days, we had the chance to accompany Ms Wu to an elderly care centre, where she gave a talk on diseases such as diabetes. She also organized a cookery class on how to cook some simple, nutritious food. One challenging part of the programme was that within a short period of time, we were asked to come up with and write 3 different recipes, using organic mung beans, organic buckwheat and organic jumbo oats. We resorted to researching online and succeeded in coming up with recipes for organic jumbo oats porridge, organic banana buckwheat muffins and mung bean salad with corn and basil. Another enjoyable task was to make healthy organic blueberry ice-cream. Overall, our job shadowing programme proved to be an unforgettable and educational experience, helping us to have a clearer and deeper understanding of a nutritionist’s job.
