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Balanced Nutrition Course

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This Balanced Nutrition Course is aimed at all health personnel who wish to specialize in nutrition and learn some notions about the design of a healthy and balanced diet and also want to improve their knowledge to help their patients to have a...

University degree

100 h

Online

Qualification of Balanced Nutrition Course

Balanced Nutrition Course Degree with 100 hours issued by Universidad Tres Culturas UTC in conjunction with Euroinnova International Online Education.

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Objectives

Raise awareness about the benefits of a balanced diet.

Educate about nutrients and how to calculate energy needs.

Learn how to promote health and disease prevention.

Plan healthy meals

To understand the health-food relationship

Content

UNIT 1. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DIETETETICS AND NUTRITION

Bromatology
Dietary intake
The importance of nutrition
Food classification
Nutrient classification
The science of dietetics
What is a diet?
What is a ration?
The concept of the dietitian-nutritionist
What is health?
What is disease?

UNIT DIDACTIC 2. ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS

Foods and their classification
Nutrients and their classification
Dietary guidelines and nutritional needs

TEACHING UNIT 3. NUTRITION AND ENERGY

Energy cell transformation
What are the units of measurement of energy?
The healthy adult and his energy needs
Food and its caloric value

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. BALANCED DIET

Basic principles
Mediterranean diet: paradigm of the balanced diet
Macronutrients and their energy distribution
Methodology of work in the elaboration of diets
Most common mistakes and beliefs related to food

UNIT 5. NUTRITIONAL LABELING

Methodology

Entre el material entregado en este curso se adjunta un documento llamado Guía del Alumno dónde aparece un horario de tutorías telefónicas y una dirección de e-mail dónde podrá enviar sus consultas, dudas y ejercicios. La metodología a seguir es ir avanzando a lo largo del itinerario de aprendizaje online, que cuenta con una serie de temas y ejercicios. Para su evaluación, el alumno/a deberá completar todos los ejercicios propuestos en el curso. La titulación será remitida al alumno/a por correo una vez se haya comprobado que ha completado el itinerario de aprendizaje satisfactoriamente.

What does it prepare you for?

Thanks to this Balanced Nutrition Course you will be trained to identify which foods are healthy by developing your ability to identify and select healthy foods in any market and on restaurant menus. You will have the ability to calculate energy needs which will allow you to have a global approach to a person's diet.

Who is it aimed at?

Career opportunities

The professional opportunities of this Balanced Nutrition Course are focused on health professionals who work in hospitals, clinics or private practices and understand that through nutrition they can prevent numerous chronic pathologies and improve their state of health and wish to broaden their knowledge in nutrition and in the promotion of healthy habits.