Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance (RQF)
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Skill Level
0-12 Week
Typical Duration
Overview
The Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition for Weight Management and Athletic Performance qualification will provide the learner with the skills, knowledge and competence to provide nutritional support to clients with a range of weight management and athletic performance goals. The qualification can be completed with no prior anatomical, physiological or nutritional background as the learner will journey through the fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology and how the food we eat and supplements we take, impact on these basic systems..
This course can be started at any time, it is delivered online.
Objective
- Obtain client data to perform a nutritional analysis of their client’s current eating regime.
- Analyse collated data and summarise to a client their current nutritional status and areas where support can be applied.
- Develop nutritional strategies for achieving specific weight management and/or athletic performance goals.
- Design appropriate eating plans for clients who are apparently healthy, taking into account a myriad of possible considerations
Entry Requirments
There are no specific entry requirements for this qualification. It is recommended that learners have subject knowledge at least at level 2 however, this is not essential.
Modules
The unit is aimed at developing basic knowledge and understanding of human anatomy and physiology, and the individual systems within the body.
Human metabolism, the energy balance and the currency of calories
The unit is aimed at developing knowledge and understanding of how the body uses food for energy, and what happens when there is a surplus or a deficit.
This unit is aimed at developing knowledge and understanding of the beneficial effects of micronutrients and hydration, and how they help to keep the human body healthy without containing calories
Fuelling for Athletic Performance
The unit is aimed at developing knowledge and understanding of how we can utilise food before, during and after different athletic activities, as well as how to manipulate food for certain athletic events.
Common diets, food labelling, and the effects of marketing
This unit is aimed at developing knowledge and understanding of how the media can manipulate what is deemed healthy, to read and understand food labels, and understand the different diets that can be used when planning for fitness and athletic goals.
Understanding supplemental aids and strategising nutritional goals for clients
The aim of this unit is to develop knowledge and understanding of how to accurately provide a client’s nutritional diet plan in relation to their goals and activities, and to understand how a select group of supplements affect the body and athletic performance.
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