Fitness and Nutrition

Fitness and Nutrition - NCFE Level 3 Award
Supported Home Study
Course Summary

Reach Your Potential in Fitness and Nutrition
You care about your physical health, now look after your financial health as well.

For many in today's society, physical fitness has become a way of life and we are bombarded with advice and suggestions from all quarters - the media, books, the Government, and even friends and colleagues have opinions to share.

If you would like your opinion to be based on sound knowledge and fact then enrol on the Fitness and Nutrition distance learning course. Whether you want to learn more about the subject for your own health and well-being or whether you wish to take the first steps in a new career you will find the Fitness and Nutrition Diploma perfect for your needs. There is no doubt that the increasing interest in fitness and nutrition has resulted in a whole range of career opportunities bringing great rewards - both financial and personal. People want to get fit, improve their health, eat well and, generally, be ‘in the know' about healthier choices.

If you see yourself being a part of this exciting industry, the Diploma in Fitness and Nutrition could be your springboard to a satisfying career.

Fitness and Nutrition Course Outline

Open learning improves career prospects and earnings
Study at home learning to work in Fitness and Nutrition.

If you want a career in Fitness and Nutrition, our tutor supported open distance learning Fitness and Nutrition course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.

The DCA Home Learning Fitness and Nutrition course provides training in the core skills needed to embark on a rewarding career in Fitness and Nutrition. The supported self-study Fitness and Nutrition course is specially designed, allowing you to learn the skills of Fitness and Nutrition through flexible and cost-effective home study at your own time and pace.

With the Home Learning Fitness and Nutrition course, online study resources and a personal tutor are available to guide you throughout the course, and your Student Advisor is a Freephone call away. What's more, because the distance learning Fitness and Nutrition course is so comprehensive, no prior knowledge or skills are required. The Fitness and Nutrition course provides an entry level diploma as proof our your competence and skills.

Introduction to Health and Fitness

• The components of physical fitness
• Health and wellness
• What physical fitness can do for you
• The medical evaluation and fitness appraisal
• Psycho-social factors to be considered
• Strategies for achieving fitness goals
• Fitness concepts and the ideal exercise program
• Anaerobic and aerobic exercise
• The importance of strength and endurance
• Training principles and lifting techniques
• Barbell and dumbbell exercises

Intermediate Concepts for Health and Fitness

• The importance of flexibility
• Flexibility assessment and training principles
• Flexibility exercises
• Kinds of nutrients and nutrition
• Food labelling and dietary guidelines
• Special needs for active people
• Trends in weight control
• Causes of obesity
• Safe weight-loss procedures
• Underweight conditions and eating disorders
• Exercise and stress management
• Drug use, misuse and abuse
• Drug-taking to enhance athletic performance

Advanced Concepts in Health and Fitness

• Protecting the body from injury and illness
• General treatment modalities
• Emergency treatment of common injuries and illnesses
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Other diseases and conditions
• Gender differences in physical fitness
• Osteoporosis; anaemia; menstruation; pregnancy
• Identify fitness goals
• Health promotion and disease prevention
• Goal-achieving activities
• Home exercise equipment and exercise
• Exercise and the elderly
• Nutrition, exercise and health
• Basics of biology and chemistry
• Digestion and absorption of food nutrients
• Carbohydrates; lipids; proteins
• Vitamins; minerals; water
• Food advertising, packaging and labelling
• Optimal nutrition for good health
• The oxygen delivery systems
• The energy value of food
• Exercise and physical activity

Looking After the Body

• Evaluating body composition
• Obesity and health risks
• Variety of human obesities
• Ways to curb obesity
• Weight control and dieting
• Types of diets
• The "energy balance equation"
• How to select a diet plan
• Optimal duration of an exercise-plus-diet program
• Modification of eating and exercise behaviours
• Maximising exercise success

Conditioning for Total Fitness

• The concept of total fitness
• Conditioning for muscular strength
• Weight training and isometric training
• Strength training for women
• Six steps to planning a workout
• Conditioning for anaerobic and aerobic power
• Factors that affect aerobic conditioning
• Exercise during pregnancy
• Ageing, exercise and cardiovascular health
• Risk factors for coronary heart disease
• Ways to improve the overall health profile