Diet & Nutrition Courses
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Vision2Learn - Healthy Eating (Free Course)
• www.creatingcareers.net
Course Synopsis :
Healthy Eating is a great tool for anyone looking to improve their knowledge of food and healthy eating issues. It's packed with practical advice to help you to understand the basic principles and benefits of healthy eating and to make informed lifestyle choices about what you and your family eat.
Course Contents:
Unit one: Introduction to healthy eating
Unit two: Diet and nutrition
Unit three: Food and nutrition issues
Entry Requirements :
Basic English reading and writing skills.
Study Hours :
90-hour course. You can study at your own pace for as little as 3 hours a week. So, it should take you around 6 – 8 months to complete.
Assessment Method :
You will need to complete self-assessment exercises as you work through each unit of the course. You will also complete a series of activities, which you’ll send to your tutor through the v-mail system on vision2learn. Your tutor will assess these and they will build up to form your portfolio. Upon successfully passing your portfolio you will receive your certificate.
Qualification :
Healthy Eating leads to the accredited qualification NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Nutrition & Health.
You will need:
An Internet enabled PC running MS Windows and Internet Explorer 5 (or later), or Netscape 6 (or later), with JavaScript and cookies enabled
Email software and an active e-mail account
Microsoft Word or similar word processing package
Vision2Learn - Healthy Living (Free Course)
• www.creatingcareers.net
Healthy Living is a free health and fitness course designed to help you to develop:
* A weight loss program
* An exercise program
* Healthy eating habits
* Improved health and fitness
* A general sense of wellbeing.
Course details
In this course you’ll study two units. Here’s a taste of what you’ll find out:
Unit one: Understand and apply principles of training
* Think about your own fitness and start taking action! In this unit you will find out what fitness is and how it is achieved, and also consider the roles played by diet and the body’s systems. Learn how to measure your current fitness and then plan an appropriate exercise programme.
Unit two: Exercising safely
* The essentials of safe exercise! Learn about the safety factors relating to exercise activities, carry out safety checks on your exercise environment and find out how to select the appropriate clothing and footwear. You’ll also discover how to avoid potentially damaging exercises.
How long does it take?
Healthy Living is a 90 hour course. You can study at your own pace for as little as 3 hours a week. So, it should take you around 6 – 8 months to complete. But, if you want to work faster you can – it’s entirely up to you.
The support you’ll get
You will be assigned to a Further Education college in your area, which will then provide you with an online tutor. Your tutor will be available to help and guide you through the course. You can contact your tutor at any time using v-mail, vision2learn’s own internal messaging system.
Before you get started on your course we ask that you complete a short course induction. From your induction, your tutor can assess the level of support you will need and form an Individual Learning Plan for you. This plan will set out a realistic timeframe for you, and your tutor will negotiate deadline dates for submitting coursework. Tutor support is not only available by v-mail, but also by telephone or e-mail.
Course delivery and assessment
The course is offered online with vision2learn – an innovative web-based learning system, which you can access via your PC from home, work or college. The online course contains all of the learning content needed to meet the assessment requirements of the course and activities to enable you to practise your skills and test your learning. In addition, you receive help and support from an online tutor – who is always just a click away.
About the qualification
Studying Healthy Living leads to the accredited qualification NCFE Foundation Certificate in Exercise Studies. In order to successfully achieve your qualification you will need to complete a series of assessments as you work through both units of the course, which you’ll send to your tutor through the v-mail system on vision2learn. Your tutor will assess these and they will build up to form your portfolio of evidence of learning. A certificate will be awarded on satisfactory submission of evidence of learning for both units.
The computer kit you’ll need
As this is an online course, you will need access to:
* An Internet enabled PC running MS Windows and Internet Explorer 5 (or later), or Netscape 6 (or later), with JavaScript and cookies enabled
* Email software and an active e-mail account
* Microsoft Word or similar word processing package
* Download Flash player
* Download Adobe Acrobat.
Why it’s free
Vision2learn courses are funded by the Learning and Skills Council. This means that the courses are normally free of charge to anyone over the age of 16 who has been ordinarily resident in England for 3 years or more, as long as this residency has been for purposes other than full-time study. If you don’t meet these requirements, there may be other ways for your course to be funded and you can contact us on info@vision2learn.com for more information on this.
Oxford College - Diploma in Diet & Nutrition
• www.oxfordcollege.ac
Course Synopsis :
Oxford Distance Learning offer this detailed course for students looking to study Diet and Nutrition in depth, with a view to becoming and diet and nutrition therapist. The course looks in detail at the systems of the human body through to the scientific composition of foods. The course is clear in explanation, and will give the student a confident education of the subject from which to advise clients.
Course Content :
* The biochemistry of nutrition
* Anatomy
* Energy derived from foods
* Physiology
* Nutrition and specific society group types
* Eating patterns
* Diet deficiencies
* Anorexia
* Diabetics
* Ayurvedic nutrition
* Digestion and elimination
* Assessment and planning
* Client interviewing
* Community differences
* The practitioner
* Report taking
* Support systems
* Goal setting
* Malnutrition and obesity
* Carbohydrates, Protein, Minerals and Vitamins
Entry Requirements :
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.
Study Hours :
135 hours (variable by student commitment)
Assessment Method :
Continuous graded assessment
Qualification :
Diploma in Diet and Nutrition
What's Included :
All materials to enable you to successfully complete your diploma, postage and packing, unlimited full tutor support, certification upon completion.
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