Diet and Nutrition for Children Level 3
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This Diet and Nutrition for Children Level 3 course you will be further developing your knowledge of the nutritional requirements of children and young people. This course will cover how these requirements change as a child develops. Promoting good dietary and health habits is essential to aid supporting learning and development; as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle which lowers the risk of future health problems. This Level 3 course will give you an insight into providing the appropriate nutritional requirements for children.
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About this Course
Within this deeply essential subject you will discover how failing to meet a child’s nutritional needs impacts the various developmental stages of a child; alongside how it affects a child’s progress. This Diet and Nutrition for Children Level 3 course teaches how adults can promote healthy eating to ensure children willingly meet the nutritional guidelines put in place to support their growth and development.
Study Time: 100 hours
Enrolment length: 12 months
Course Format: Paper Based
Assignments: 6
Upon completion of this course, students receive a Quality Licence Scheme Certificate.
All certification fees are included in your course fees.
Course Content
Unit 1: Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Encourage healthy eating
Understand the main food groups
Explore problems associated with the excess and inadequate nutrient intake
Identify the Five A Day recommendations
Understand hygiene and safety
Unit 2: Nutritional needs from birth to 16 years
Understand the importance of weaning and feeding for babies
Explore healthy eating for children through the years
Identify strategies for encouraging healthy eating for teenagers
Unit 3: Key Nutrients and Vitamins
Understand the benefits and limitations of key nutrients
Explain the characteristics of non-nutrient foods
Describe the balance of good health
Unit 4: Nutritional Guidelines and Meal Planning
Identify the recommended daily allowances
Improve nutrition in children
Reduce health problems in children
Plan healthy meals and snacks
Unit 5: Digestion and Food Labelling
Explore the digestive structure in detail
Understand the importance of food labels and look at the information contained therein
Identify how food labels can be misleading
Unit 6: Special Dietary Needs
Understand influences affecting food choices
Identify food patterns
Explore health issues associated with poor diets
Identify barriers to dietary change
Understand the nutritional needs of specific groups
Identify food allergies and intolerances
Assessments
This course is assessed through tutor marked assignments which must be sent to your tutor for marking. You will then be provided with feedback and a mark on your work from your tutor within 4 working days. After each assignment has been sent off and marked as complete you will have passed the course and will receive your certification.
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Tutor Support
All of our courses come with full tutor support throughout so that you can benefit from the best education. Our tutor support team includes a number of professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds- each one an expert in their own field with tutoring experience in abundance. Students at Oakwood are assigned a personal tutor who provides help and support throughout their course and will mark all of your assignments so that you have the personal touch of an industry expert there to help at all times. This tutor support is completely unlimited- which means you can contact your tutor and ask as many questions as you need when working through your course. With this support you will never feel alone on one of our courses and you will always be backed by a professionally qualified team dedicated to your success.
Enrolment Length
All of our courses are allocated plenty of time for students to complete their studies and all materials are self-led so that you can complete the course at your own pace. Should you require additional time on one of our courses you can extend your enrolment by 30 days for an additional fee of £60.
As well as this we operate a 14 day money back guarantee on every one of our qualifications- that’s how confident we are of how you will love studying with us!
Requirements
No experience required.
Career path
Working within Childcare settings as a Dietitian.
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