Inquiry

Interested in completing a course in Diet And Nutrition? The Diet And Nutrition Course focuses on relating variety, balance and moderation to a healthy diet plan and explains how healthy balanced diet plans can be developed.

You will learn how nutrition plays different roles in human body and will learn about different food groups and their nutritional value. Moving on you will learn obesity by examining human energy balance, this will give you deep understanding of our body's metabolism.

You will also learn about special dietary requirements , nutrition of groups with special dietary needs at different stages in their lives including; pregnancy, breast feeding, babies and children, young people and the elderly.

The course also discusses in details the risk factors causing different diseases and the rationale for current dietary recommendations designed to prevent these diseases. The course also covers, how healthy weight can be attained and maintained by people of different groups and gives you an understanding of the basics of healthy weight and highlights the importance of healthy weight.

It then looks at the effects of weight loss on health and highlights the risks of rapid weight loss methods and discusses why people find it hard to lose weight and then to maintain that loss. It defines positive and negative energy balance and identifies several principles of sound weight loss.

Course Syllabus

On this Nutritional Therapy Course the students will complete the following course units:

Module1 - An Overview of Nutrition
Module2 - Dietary Nutrition
Module3 - The Balanced Diet
Module4 - Dietary Requirements
Module5 - Eating Disorders
Module6 - Weight Loss
Module7 - Weight Control

This self-paced programme is available 24/7 providing you with the flexibility to train at the pace, location and time of your choosing. Accredited certificate from Ofqual's registered awarding body is available on course completion. College registration, tutor support, course materials and additional supporting material are all included in the course fee.

Eligibility / Requirements

There is no particular entry requirement. We do not ask for any previous qualification or experience. Students of all age and academic background can enrol on this course.