Nutrition and Healthy Living

Nutrition and Healthy Living

Recognising the dietary needs and the way in which diet can affect the whole person is central to good health and well being those who attend this course will gain a full understanding of the impact of poor diet and poor dietary planning, real skills will be learned for improving nutrition and health of the people they care for.

Course outline:

· Introduction to healthy eating

· High risk conditions

· Impact of poor diet

· How good nutrition promotes good health

· Calorie intake and physical activity

· Barriers to healthy eating

· The environment and presentation

· Care standards and human rights