Nutrition & Weight Consultancy

This distance learning course will include the following modules:

• Introductory Concepts
  • Why People Want to Control Their Weight
  • Motivation
  • Individuality
  • Dieting Dangers
  • Diets
  • Health Hazards
  • Parameters
  • Know the Basic Sciences
  • Exercise in Weight Control
  • The Weight Consultant

• Some Dietary Misconceptions
  • The Imp on the Shoulder

• Basic Physiology
• The Nine Major Systems
  • Digestion
• Metabolism
  • The Common Metabolic Pool
  • Basal Metabolic Rate
  • Calories
  • Energy Requirement

• Elements of Nutrition
  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats
  • Minerals
  • Vitamins

• What Do We Mean by Weight?
  • Normal Weight, Overweight and Obesity
  • Charting the Individual
  • Types of Overweight
  • Primary and Secondary Overweight
• Health Hazards of Being Overweight
  • Other Problems

• What Do We Mean By Diet?
  • Body Components
  • Rate of Weight Loss
  • Different Diets and Methods that your Clients may have Tried

• Diets of All Sorts
  • Study Exercises
  • Counting Calories
  • A Variety of Diets
  • Recommended Diet Books

• Motivation
  • Definition of Motivation
  • Long and Short Term Goals
  • Rewards
  • Individuality
  • A few Tricks of the Trade
• Study Exercise

• Dieting Dangers
  • Food as a Social Function
  • Four Relevant Industries
  • Body Image or Eating Disorder?
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread
  • Beware of Being Caught in the Web
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Bulimia Nervosa

• The Permanent Benefits of Exercise
  • Different Forms of Exercise Routines
  • Walking
  • Exercise/Fitness Classes
  • Swimming

• Starting a Weight Consultancy Clinic
  • Group Sessions
  • Room Layout
  • Private Consultation
  • Advertising

• Complementary Aids to Weight Control
  • Complementary Medicine
  • Homoeopathy
  • Aromatherapy
  • Bach Flower Remedies
  • Herbal Teas