Weight Loss Consultant 100 Hours Certificate Course
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Weight Loss Consultant course online. Distance Education Course for Weight Loss Consulting The prevalence of obesity is increasing in all age groups and virtually all populations worldwide. With this rise in obesity rates has come a wide range of opportunities to develop weight loss services to help clients to lose weight and increase their fitness levels. Throughout this course we shall examine how to set up effective weight loss services and provide you with the knowledge and skills to support these services.
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Explain factors that affect weight in a body.
Determine the scope and nature of the weight loss industry in your region.
Explain the role of physical activity in weight loss and provide practical advice and resources for you to use as a weight loss consultant.
Explain the role of dietary change in weight loss and provide practical advice and resources for you to use as a weight loss consultant.
Explain a variety of ways that psychology can be applied to the control of weight.
Determine weight status of clients
Select and implement and manage the use of different techniques to control weight in clients
Identify a viable weight loss service, and those things that must be done to optimize the chance of ongoing success.
Adapt dietary resources based on needs of an individual or a particular group.
Planning to start a weight management group
Develop a weight management service as a businessNote that each module in this Certificate is a certificate in its own right, and may be studied separately. This course is accredited by ACCPH and allows you to join as a professional member after completion. Membership allows you to add the letters MACCPH after your name (post-nominals).
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Subjects
- Weight loss
- Obesity
Course programme
There are 8 lessons in this course:
- Scope and Nature of Weight Loss
- Obesity DefinedGenetics
- Diet
- Exercise
- Life Events
- Adolescence
- Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Middle Age
- Stopping Smoking
- Weight gain linked to Medication
- Weight gain following Injury or Illness
- Scope and Nature of Weight Loss Industry
- Health Programs
- Meal Replacement Products
- Pharmacotherapy
- Surgery for Weight Loss
- Managing Physical Activity
- Role of Physical Activity in Energy Balance
- Role of Physical Activity Raising Metabolic Rate
- Bone Mass Maintenance
- Physical Activity and Mental Health
- Specific Aspects of Exercise When Overweight
- Tips to get started with Exercise
- Types of Exercise and Effectiveness for Weight Loss
- Cardiovascular Activity
- Optimum Target Heart Rate for Fat Burning
- Resistance Activities
- Exercise Progression
- Recommending Exercise
- Managing the Diet
- Teaching Portion Control
- Beginning to Address Portion Control
- Energy Density
- Fats and Energy Density
- Sources of Fats
- Tips to Reduce Fat
- Practical Tips Based on Daily Meal Plan
- Sugar and Weight Reducing
- General Weight Loss Tips
- Using Food Diaries
- Nutrition Resources and Lesson Planning
- Managing the Psychology
- Eating and Emotions
- The Brain and Weight Management
- Managing the Psychology
- Helping People to Make Changes
- Stages of Change Explained -Pre contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance, Relapse
- Tools for the Consultant
- Determining Weight Status of Clients
- Administering Weight Checks
- Calculating BMI
- Interpreting BMI
- Setting Targets
- Determining Waiste Measurement
- Health Evaluation
- Nutritional Advice
- Running Supermarket Tours
- Food Labels
- Delivering Weight Loss Services
- Individual Consultations
- Features of an Ideal One to One Consultation
- Good Questioning Skills
- Running Group Sessions
- Running Independant Weight Management Group Sessions
- Joining an Established Weight Management Business
- Potential Barriers to Weight Loss
- Social Issues and Pressure
- Time Constraints
- Lifestyle
- Physical Limitations
- Psychological Limitations
- Age
- Hormonal Issues
- Conducting a Weight Loss Consultation
- The Next Step
- Target Marketing
- Demand
- Competition
- Location
- PBL Project: A major project where you:
- Explain the basics of obesity, explain fully the causes, symptoms, and associated health risks.
- Identify a target market that will benefit from your services.
- Develop a marketing strategy to attract clients from your target market
- Identify the nutritional, physical exercise, and psychological contributions to obesity.
- Identify and convey the importance of addressing all of the above elements in a successful weight loss programme.
- Present clear, concise and readily understandable guidelines that address appropriate interventions for the clients to take home and follow
- Develop appropriate assessment tools and strategies to identify and monitor your clients needs.
- Discuss the challenges for your client to adhere to the programme, and outline strategies to support them.
- Compare and contrast the dietary, exercise and psychological strategies you have decided to use, with other weight loss strategies you have decided not to use (e.g. surgery, meal replacement drinks, medication)
- Represent complex health information in a clear, simple format, readily understandable by the individual assuming they have little or no nutritional background
- Establishing a Weight Loss Business
- Starting a New Business
- Personality and Lifestyle
- Affordability
- Industry Knowledge and Experience
- Starting a Business versus Buying a Franchise
- Business Plans
- The Planning Process
- Marketing
- The Marketing PlanPromotion, Advertising, Networking
- Summary of a Successful Business
Weight Loss Consultant 100 Hours Certificate Course