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4D0X1 Diet Therapy

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Overview

A diet therapy specialist provides personalized dietary education and optimizes nutritional support for service members. This specialist collaborates with healthcare professionals to develop strategies that improve physical fitness, support recovery, and reduce injury risk.

Minimum ASVAB: G 44

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 4D011 helper · 4D031 apprentice · 4D051 journeyman · 4D071 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Clinical and non-clinical nutrition care
  • Foodservice operations and point-of-sale management
  • Nutrition service equipment and personnel management

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Dietetic Technicians

Military nutrition care management and foodservice operations experience directly overlap with civilian dietetic technician work supporting dietary care and food service.

How to prepare: Compare your documented nutrition care and foodservice duties with local hospital dietetic technician postings to identify any education or registration gaps before applying.

What the civilian work involves
  • Observe and monitor patient food intake and body weight, and report changes, progress, and dietary problems to dietician.
  • Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning.
  • Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • MEDITECH software

Notes & Sources

  • Military Diet Technicians consult the Major Command Registered Dietitian when no Registered Dietitian is assigned.
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: DIET THERAPY (4D0X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "DIET THERAPY"; normalized cached text lines 12385-12407; explicit AFSC match for 4D0X1

    Supports: Clinical and non-clinical nutrition care, Foodservice operations and point-of-sale management, Nutrition service equipment and personnel management, Dietetic Technicians (O*NET 29-2051.00)

  2. O*NET: Dietetic Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Dietetic Technicians (O*NET 29-2051.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 4D0X1

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 4D0X1. Each history page explains the change.

91610Diet Therapy Helper92630Apprentice Diet Therapy Specialist92650Diet Therapy Specialist92670Diet Therapy Supervisor92690Diet Therapy Superintendent926X1Title not stated in source

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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