Diet and Nutrition for Children Level 3

About This Course

Course Benefits

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 will:

• Help you to develop a strong foundation of knowledge and competency that can be transferred into your work.
• Enable you to study on your own terms – no classrooms, no strict deadlines and no exams.
• Allow you to study from home – all course materials will be sent straight to your door, enabling you to fit your studies around your obligations.

Course Units

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

Assessment

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.

Required Knowledge

No prior knowledge or skills in this area are needed in order to enrol onto this course, making it ideal for those just starting out in this career field.

Awarding Body

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ).

This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.

National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.

Support

From the guidance of our personal tutors whose industry experience will help to support and mentor your studies, to our comprehensive study guide and course materials; from day one we will go above and beyond to help you succeed in your studies. With twelve months tutor support, you have the option of completing in as little as three months, or using the full twelve months.

You too can take advantage of the extensive knowledge base of our personal tutors and use their experiences to get all of your questions answered. Similarly, our student support team are readily available to lend you their advice and guidance as they help you to decipher your course materials and answer your questions.

Only one click away, you can trust that help will be there when you need it.