Nutrition for Weight Loss - Endorsed Certificate (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK)

Nutrition for Weight Loss Level 3 Online Course.100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).

To explain all aspects of how nutrition affects weight loss. It is an ideal course for people working with children in the child care industry. It is also a good course for mothers wanting to understand their children’s nutritional needs and learn to cope with them or for self enhancement.

This level 3 course is accredited by ACCPH and allows you to join as a professional member after completion. Membership allows you to add the letters MACCPH after your name (post-nominals).

This course has been accredited by the CMA – The Complimentary Medical Association. On completion of any qualifying module, you can join as a “Fully Qualified Practitioner” and be entitled to use the post-nominal letters “MCMA” after your name. CMA Full Membership is a privileged position and the fact that you have been accepted for CMA Membership demonstrates that you have a clear commitment to standards and professionalism. CMA Members in all categories are recognised as the elite in their field.

Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?

Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).

What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?

• Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
• Start and Finish at any time
• Courses globally and industry relevant
• Practical Component at the end of most lessons.

Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.

This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.

Lesson Structure: Nutrition for Weight Loss BRE210

There are 9 lessons:

1. Understanding Obesity
   • What is obesity
   • Types of Obesity Hyperplasia or Hypertrophy of Fats Cells
   • Dietary Trends and the Incidence of Obesity
   • Factors Influencing Food Intake and Habits
   • Physiological factors which determine food intake
   • Environmental and behavioural factors which determine food intake:
   • Causes of Obesity (Genetics, Lifestyle, Exercise, Eating habits, Water intake, Changing metabolism through life, Medical conditions and disease, Psychology)
   • Health Risks of Obesity
   • Understanding Weight
   • Body composition
   • Evaluation Techniques Body Mass Index (BMI)
2. Nutrition Basics
   • Why we need food
   • Nutrient Reference Value (NRV)
   • Understanding Digestion and Absorption
   • How we process food
   • Basic Roles of Major Digestive Organs
   • Food Composition (Carbohydrates, Protens, Fats, etc)
   • Fibre
   • Need for Fluids
   • The Glycaemic Index (GI)
   • Calculating Energy Requirements
   • Basal Metabolic Rate
   • Food Pyramid and Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)
   • What is the recommended intake of nutrients?
   • New food pyramid and normal eating patterns
   • Childhood Obesity
3. Diets -Fads, Fiction and Fact
   • A Review of Popular Approaches to Weight Loss and Control
   • Vegetarian Diets
   • Starvation
   • Very Low Calorie and Liquid Diets
   • Commercial Low Calorie Meal Substitutes
   • Commercial Low Calorie Meal Substitutes
   • Blood type diet
   • Food combining
   • Detox Diets
   • Low carbohydrate diets
   • Low Glycaemic index diet (low GI)
   • Sweeteners
   • Low fat diets
   • Fat Substitutes
   • Fat burning diets
   • Supplements
   • Guidelines for Childhood Weight Loss
4. Preventing Obesity
   • Introduction
   • Metabolism -Keeping the Metabolic Rate Stable
   • Making the best food choices
   • Nutritional Education
   • Teaching Healthy Eating Habits to Children
   • Health Initiatives Targeting Obesity
   • Public Health Information
   • Legislative controls
5. Treating Obesity
   • Methods that Work
   • Assessment of Clients or Patients
   • Modifying Behaviour
   • Prescribing Diets
   • Life Coach and Personal Trainer
   • Weight Loss Hypnosis
   • Self-help Groups
   • Health Clubs, Health Farms and Holiday Retreats
   • A Holistic Approach
   • Supplements
6. Modifying Eating Behaviour
   • Key Stages in Behaviour Changes
   • Cultural food patterns
   • How to Make Lifelong Changes
   • Assess Current Diet (patterns and nutritional value)
   • Plan for Change
   • Seek Motivation and Support from Others
   • Improving Health Through Food
   • Diseases Linked to Obesity
   • Changing Unhealthy Habits
7. Restricting Calorie Intake
   • Understanding Energy and Metabolism
   • Metabolism
   • Energy Metabolism
   • Age (Growth and Aging) and Metabolism
   • Activity and Metabolism
   • Calorie Restricted Diets
8. Medical Conditions: Hormones, Drugs, Eating Disorders
   • Nutrition During Disease
   • Childhood Diabetes
   • Link between Medication and Diet
   • Drugs and Hormones Prescribed for Weight Management
   • Diet Pills
   • Thyroid hormone
   • Somatropin (Growth Hormone
   • Weight Loss Surgery
   • Lipoplasty (Liposuction)
   • Abdominoplasty (Tummy tuck)
   • Anorexia Nervosa
   • Bulimia Nervosa
9. Planning a Diet
   • A major Problem Based Learning Project

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the academy, marked by the academy's tutors and returned to you with feedback, any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Dietitians, Nutritionists, Chefs, Weight Loss Consultants

A pc or laptop with internet connection.

Weight loss consultants can work for private companies, fitness centers, human service organizations, government agencies, hospitals or schools. Job duties may vary depending on where a consultant works, but most involve the common goals of working with clients to manage weight loss.