Child Weight Management - Level 3 Course

Course Description

This online child weight management course will provide learners with a thorough understanding of healthy eating and nutrition for children. Whether taking this course for your own children or if you work with children, this course will give you all the skills and knowledge you need to be confident in helping a child maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.

Course Syllabus

The course is split into the following modules:

• • Module 1: Causes and consequences of child obesity

  • Overall introduction and definition
  • BMI assessment
  • Causes
  • Consequences
  • Family influences and attitudes

  • Module 2: Treating child obesity

  • younger and older children
  • how to talk to children/teenagers about obesity/diet
  • food diaries
  • The Eat Well plate
  • food groups

  • Module 3: Healthy recipe and meal ideas

  • Planning and preparing food
  • Breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and drink ideas
  • Portion control
  • Snacks

  • Module 4: Tips on ow to deal with fussy eaters

  • The distractions
  • Keeping rules
  • Presentation of food
  • Ideas to keep children eating

  • Module 5: How to keep active

  • Activity requirements
  • Types of activity
  • Tips for parents on fun activities

  • End of course assessment

Assessment

To assess the learners ability and knowledge to effective understand the topics contained within the Child Weight Management course, the course features a number of end of module interactive quiz questions.

Additionally, at the end of the course learners will also take an online multiple choice assessment test. This online multiple choice test is marked automatically so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.

Certificate

On successful completion of this Child Weight Management course learners will receive a CPD Certificate of Achievement award from Oplex Careers.

This certificate will be produced in PDF format, hard copies of the certificate will be available at an additional fee of £9.99.

Course Format

This course is delivered online through eLearning. Learners of the course will receive instant access to our interactive student learning portal, which offers 24/7 access to the Child Weight Management course.

Course Duration

The online Child Weight Management course requires 10 hours to complete the course in full. This is only a guide to the learning hours required and it depends on how quickly an individual can absorb the information. The learning is online so it can be spread out over multiple sessions or done in one session.

Learners will have access to this course for up to 12 months from the date of joining. There is no time limit to complete the course during this period.

Tutor Support

When you are studying a course it is always useful to know that you have the help and support of tutors that want you to succeed in your studies.

As part of the Child Weight Management course you will receive access to our dedicated tutor support service. The academic tutors will be able to provide you with unlimited online email support to help answer any questions that you may have whilst you are studying the course.

Course Compatibility

Our Child Weight Management course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices.

We know that more and more people are using the web whilst they are on the move, so we have designed this Child Weight Management course to be fully compatible across tablet and smartphone devices. You will be able to access the same content from the course, just over a 3G or 4G network whilst on the move.