Course description
Learn to assess and plan diets for kids on our Diet and Nutrition for Children Level 3 online course. Delve into the impact of nutritional inadequacies on child development and discover ways adults can encourage healthy eating to ensure proper growth.
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Training Course Content
Unit 1: Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- Encourage healthy eating
- Understand the main food groups
- Explore problems associated with the excess and inadequate nutrient intake
- Identify the Five A Day recommendations
- Understand hygiene and safety
Unit 2: Nutritional Needs from Birth to 16 years
- Understand the importance of weaning and feeding for babies
- Explore healthy eating for children through the years
- Identify strategies for encouraging healthy eating for teenagers
Unit 3: Key Nutrients and Vitamins
- Understand the benefits and limitations of key nutrients
- Explain the characteristics of non-nutrient foods
- Describe the balance of good health
Unit 4: Nutritional Guidelines and Meal Planning
- Identify the recommended daily allowances
- Improve nutrition in children
- Reduce health problems in children
- Plan healthy meals and snacks
Unit 5: Digestion and Food Labelling
- Explore the digestive structure in detail
- Understand the importance of food labels and look at the information contained therein
- Identify how food labels can be misleading
Unit 6: Special Dietary Needs
- Understand influences affecting food choices
- Identify food patterns
- Explore health issues associated with poor diets
- Identify barriers to dietary change
- Understand the nutritional needs of specific groups
- Identify food allergies and intolerances
Course delivery details
Split into 6 units, every element of this course seeks to expand your understanding of children’s nutrition, so you can achieve the theoretical knowledge you need to apply these skills within real and practical settings.
This course is assessed using a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. These will need to be sent to your personal tutor for marking, whereupon they will supply you with helpful tips and feedback. No external examinations are required.
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