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Future Fit Nutrition Specialist Diploma course

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There are a number of Nutrition courses available through Future Fit Training, all of which are extremely relevant to your education and career in health and fitness now that obesity has become such a major concern in the UK.

Nutrition and Weight Management module

Future Fit Training’s Nutrition and Weight Management Module is the first evidence-based nutrition course (endorsed by The Nutrition Society) available in the UK. This course understands that the vast majority of people who employ the services of a personal trainer of fitness trainer are looking for nutrition and weight management advice in order to help them regulate or decrease their weight.

Nutrition Specialist Diploma

The Nutrition Specialist Diploma course allows graduating students and fitness professionals to give nutritional and weight management based advice to clients. The Diploma course consists of the following programmes of study:

  1. Nutrition and Weight Management
  2. Applied Nutrition (internet based course module)
  3. The Pyschology of Behaviour of Change

1. Nutrition and Weight Management module: In depth

The Future Fit Training Nutrition and Weight Management course module is designed to equip students and fitness professionals with a core knowledge of diet and nutrition, whilst allow graduates to give advise to clients on a range of nutrition and weight management issues. It will give course graduates a sound grounding in nutrition based on scientifically researched principles, and will enable you to give sound nutrition advice and training.

The course module consists of the following areas of study:

Fundamentals of nutrition:

  • Factors that influence eating habits
  • What constitutes a healthy diet
  • Macro-nutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fats)
  • Micro-nutrients (vitamins and minerals)
  • NSP (fibre)

Optimal nutrition:

  • The balance of good health: plate model
  • Fundamentals of digestion
  • How food is utilised for energy
  • How the body stores energy
  • Energy balance - the bigger picture
  • Exercise and weight loss - which type of exercise works
  • Body fat percentage - comparing different techniques for calculating this key area of weight management
  • Food labelling and diet food

Also covered are aspects relating to the application of theory and your role and responsibilities as a nutrition and weight management consultant.

2. Applied Nutrition module (Internet based course)

The Applied Nutrition module consists of professionally-written open learning materials, together with a dedicated website, where you can gain access to more sources of information, get information on assignments, and so on.

Programmes of study include:

  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats and Proteins
  • Creatine
  • Antioxidants
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Fluids
  • Caffeine
  • Supplements
  • Working with an athlete

3. The Pyschology of Behaviour of Change

The e-learning online Pyschology of Behaviour of Change module will give you the freedom to learn at your own speed in the comfort of your own home. The benefits of taking this online module is that you will:

  • Learn how people change
  • Learn a range of skills to support your clients through change
  • Learn about strategies for change
  • Develop your own personal awareness
  • Be a more effective health professional

Programmes of study include:

  • Improving your communication and consultation skills
  • Active and reflective listening techniques
  • Introduction to the psychology of human behaviour
  • The transtheoretical model for change
  • Introduction to psychometric testing and their use in
    weight management/exercise adherence
  • How to use psychometric testing as a tool for change
  • Goal setting.

After graduating ...

Once you have taken assessments with each module you will then be free to offer nutrition and weight management advise to a range of clients looking to lose weight.

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