Nutrition & Weight Management
According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a medical student gets as little as 2 hours of nutrition education during their studies. Athough the average education hours are higher, at around 20 hours, but the consensus is that there is a “severe deficiency of nutrition education at all levels of medical training.”
There is one in five adults in the UK that is overweight or obese. When considering these two statistics, in the context of our current public health challenges, the emerging picture is not pretty. The foundational links between nutrition and weight management needs to be understood by the medical profession if we want to reverse the current worrying trends of overweight and obesity and associated long-term health conditions
Start today on Nutrition & Weight Management Essentials to join the elite group of health professionals who are better equipped to make a significant difference in patients’ lives when it comes to the nutrition support and resources needed to manage their weight.
Course Content.
In this 6-hour online short course, made up of concise bite-size multimedia resources, you will:
- Gain a solid grounding in the most fundamental concepts of nutrition
- Explore the trends and current state of modern nutrition and their relationship with weight
- Focus on the key factors contributing to weight gain
- Learn how effective weight management should look in clinical practice
Gain skills in managing nutrition and weight loss maintenance in primary care and clinical practice. Understand the fundamental concepts of nutrition, current trends in modern nutrition and their relationship with weight. Focus on weight management and reverse factors contributing to weight gain. Treatment methods to achieve weight loss and weight loss maintenance will be explained.
Enrolling on this course provides 60 day access.
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Do you struggle to understand the most effective nutrition methods to advise to your patients? Join Nutrition & Weight Management Essentials Course.
