Health And Well-Being Level 3 Certificate Course

There are 8 lessons:

1 Industry Overview

• Scope of the health and fitness industries
• Defining fitness
• Resources and networking
• Aerobic fitness

2 Modern Lifestyle Problems

• Health risks and physical activity
• Hazardous substances
• Cancer
• Food allergies
• Health care strategy for an aging population
• Wellbeing of special demographic groups: pregnant women, children, obese people, people with disabilities etc

3 Human Nutrition

• Overview
• Nutrition basics
• Carbohydrates, proteins, fats
• Dietary fibre, vitamins, mineralsBalanced diet
• The food pyramid
• Principles of weight loss
• Dietary protein intake and physical activity
• Food combining

4 Healthy Eating

• Nutrition and diet problems
• Anorexia
• Obesity
• Nutritive value with cooking and processing
• Meat
• Fish
• Milk
• Plant foods
• Processing food
• Canning and pasteurisation
• Freezing, drying, etc

5 Stress Management

• Body changes caused by stress
• Muscle response
• Gastrointestinal response
• Cardiovascular response
• Stress management program
• Easy living
• Stress cures
• Drugs and alcohol
• Relaxation

6 Preventative Health

• Responsibility for your own health
• Self esteem
• Managing your own career
• Decision making
• Emotional security
• Problem solving
• Personal style inventory
• Motivations and barriers for exercise

7 Alternative Medicine

• Overview
• Herbal medicines
• Aromatherapy
• Complimentary therapies
• Accupressure
• Pain points; trigger points
• Acapuncture
• Homeopathy
• Osteopathy
• Chiropractic
• Physiotherapy
• Counselling and psychological therapies
• Relaxation therapies
• Other therapies

8 Basic First Aid

• Overview
• Soft tissue injuriesWounds
• Shock and fainting
• Fractures
• Strains, sprains and dislocations
• Heat and cold
• Recuscitation
• Drowning
• Eye injuries
• Spinal injuries
• Health promotion at work

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the academy and marked by your tutor and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.