Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Weight Course

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    Self Study: £175 Tutored: £295

    Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Weight Course

    A Distance Learning Diploma Course of 10 Lessons

    This course offers an in-depth outline on ways to achieve and maintain a healthy bodyweight. An introduction to the modern-day diet is given, highlighting how our food choices, food availability and our lifestyles have led to unwanted weight gain. Physiological mechanisms associated with fluctuations in bodyweight are approached in detail, including the mind-gut connection, weight-regulating hormones, sleep patterns and the complex interaction between mood and food intake beyond simple hunger cues.

    Lessons presented in this course look at evidence surrounding low fat, low carbohydrate, and high protein diets, their impact on weight-loss and their sustainability. Topics also discussed within the lessons making up this course include metabolism, blood sugars, satiety, insulin and the glycaemic index. Vitamin and mineral intake and the importance of meeting micronutrient needs as well as dietary fibre is stressed.

    This course thus highlights the challenging but crucially important role behavioural and lifestyle changes are in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Guidance is given on the importance of meal timing in addition to estimating portion sizes. Nutritional and weight loss supplements and their pros and cons are discussed, and a detailed outline of key healthy habits for weight loss and keeping the weight off are given. Tips for eating out, the importance of physical exercise and dealing with setbacks are also key topics.

    This subject is complemented by our Exercise for Health & Wellness Course (Theory).

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    Summary of Topics included in the Course

    • Modern day diets
    • Influences on food preferences and food choice
    • Food availability
    • Lifestyle & diet
    • Low fat diets
    • Omega-3 fats
    • Low carbohydrate diets
    • High protein diets
    • Weight regulating hormones
    • Mind-gut connection
    • Digestion & satiety
    • Metabolism
    • Weight loss supplements
    • Glycaemic Index
    • Physical activity levels
    • Key healthy habits for weight loss
    • Safe weight loss
    • Food & activity diary
    • Creating the weight loss plan
    • Setting goals

    • Non-food rewards
    • Developing new routines
    • Changing the food environment
    • Meal planning
    • Eating out tips
    • Key habits for weight maintenance
    • Scheduling meals & snacks
    • Cooking methods
    • Reading labels
    • The balanced diet
    • The five food groups
    • Macronutrients & micronutrients
    • Energy and concentration
    • Health conditions
    • Plant based foods
    • Dealing with setbacks
    • Social obstacles
    • Mindful eating practices
    • Designing the nutrition consultation

    A Practitioner/Therapist Level Qualification is awarded on successful completion of this course.

    See our Accreditation Page for the list of ‘independent accrediting bodies’ who approve and accredit our courses in the UK and around the World.

    About the Child & Adolescent Nutrition Course Writer

    Zerlina Mastin has a BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics from Kings College London, and an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Zerlina has over 10 years experience working in the health and nutrition sector, initially working as a dietician within the NHS before turning to freelance nutrition. A Registered Dietitian with the British Dietetic Association and Health Professions Council, Zerlina is also the author of ‘Nutrition for Dancers’. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration number DT14696, British Dietetic Association (BDA) membership number 19508.

    Course Tutor and writer of our Clinical Nutrition and Advanced Nutrition Courses, Antony J. Edwards, has written an article entitled “Obesity – A briefing for Complementary Therapists” where he discusses the implications of the spiralling obesity problem. The article also suggests that Holistic Therapists have an ‘important role’ to play in combating the problem, by offering Nutritional advice to their clients.

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