Course overview of Food, Nutrition And Associated Behaviours
Many children and young people come into care with a poor nutritional status. They often have food anxieties (such as overeating or hoarding food) which can be linked to early experiences of abuse or neglect.
Course content
This course will cover:
- Why healthy eating matters
- What is healthy eating
- What the main food groups are and the nutrition they provide
- How to encourage children and young people to eat well
- Healthy body weight
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Why and how to get children to be more active
Already have your own LMS? You can purchase any of our courses as SCORM files to download and add to your own system.
Aims of Food, Nutrition And Associated Behaviours course
By the end of this training, you will:
- Understand why healthy eating matters
- Know what the main food groups are and the nutrition they provide
- Understand how to encourage children and young people to eat well
- Understand why and how to get children to be more active
- Understand what a food aversion is
- Understand which eating disorders affect children in care
- Understand how can you help children with these food behaviours
What audience is this online course suitable for?
This Food, Nutrition And Associated Behaviours course has been designed specifically for people who would like to learn more about how food anxieties can be linked to to abuse or neglect.
Whilst it provides focus for people working in Children's Services, it will also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about encouraging children to eat well and develop a healthy relationship with food.
We can deliver this course either: online, as a webinar, or as a face-to-face programme. If you have your own LMS and would like this course as a SCORM file, please get in touch.
