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Certificate of Childhood Diet and Nutrition (NUT07)

Childhood Nutrition

Comprehensive and practical, this course will ensure you feel confident that your child is or children in your care are getting the best start to life.  This course offers a rare insight into Childhood Nutrition that you are unlikely to find elsewhere.   Recently expanded to cover from birth to adolescence all you need to know about early nutrition and healthy eating is in this course.  A detailed course with 36 hours equivalent study, it can be completed in less than the 18 weeks if you are able to set aside more than two hours a week for study Duration: 36 hours (two hours of study over 18 weeks - flexible).  Accreditation: Statement of Attainment from VETAB (when enrolling via SGSCC);  30* CPE points from ATMS; Accredited by Fitness Australia for 8 CEC points; 18 CPE points from NHAA and may be eligible for PME points (AAMT).

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DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE: Certificate of Childhood Diet and Nutrition

The following is roughly about 55% of the content of the course and indicates only major topics.  The course content far exceeds this guide, we are confident you will thoroughly enjoy this jam packed course.

 

What influences our child’s eating habits?

How do I establish positive eating habits for my children?

How can you tell when a child is eating well?

Principles of a good diet

Cultural considerations

 

How are our children faring?

 

NUTRITION FUNDAMENTS

Nutrition and diet

Introduction to the Australian dietary guidelines for the young

Updates on food groups and pyramids

The five food groups

Classification of nutrients

Development of the digestive system in babies

Basic concepts and functions of digestion

 

Growth and development in babies and children

Age groups

Growth charts

Regulation of hunger and satiety (fullness)

Normal eating

 

Importance of physical activity

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Food safety

How does food poisoning occur?

Hazardous foods and food safety

Storing food

Cooling and reheating foods safely

Cleanliness and safety

 

Foods and safe eating in early childhood

 

feeding baby

Breastfeeding baby

            Health and nutritional benefits of breastfeeding for baby

Milk production and stage of breastmilk

Changes in breastmilk during feeding

Baby’s growth and development

Maternal influences on breastmilk - diet, caffeine, alcohol, smoking and foods

Allergies and the breastfed infant

Caring for breastmilk

Infant formulas for feeding baby

            Types of formula, terminology and choosing

            Whole cow’s milk for infant feeding

                        Other ‘milks’

The importance of iron for infants

Feeding premature babies

Weaning

 

NURTURING healthy eating habits

Introducing solids

            When to start solids

            Signs of readiness for solids

            Introducing solids in pre-term infants

            How long does it take to introduce solids?

            Starting out- What foods to start with

            What foods at what age?

            Quantity and frequency of food

            Foods not suitable for infants and toddlers

            Moving toward meal routines

Fluids, fruit juice and milk

Home-made vs. commercial baby foods

The importance of lumpy foods

Adverse reactions

 

What to do when bub say 'thanks, but no thanks'

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Dietary recommendations, growth and development

Ensuring adequate food intake

 

            Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Children and adolescents need sufficient nutritious foods to grow and develop normally

Growth in young children and adolescents

A hungry child

 

 

NUTRIENTS in our foods

Are carbohydrates that complex?

            Simple sugars

            Reading food labels for sugar content

            Glycaemic Index (GI and Glycaemic Load (GL))

            Complex carbohydrates and fibre

 

Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Eat plenty of cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles), preferably wholegrain’

 

 Suggestions for including cereals and meeting the requirements

 

Introduction to dietary fats 

                        Saturated fats    Monounsaturated fats Polyunsaturated fats

                        Essential fatty acids

                        Omega fatty acids

                        Trans-fatty acids

 

Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Care should be taken to limit saturated fat and moderate total fat intake (low fat diets are not suitable for infants)’

                        Dietary fat requirements for children and adolescents

            Problems with low-fat diets in young children

Protein

            Sources of dietary protein

            Protein requirements for the young

            Vegetarian children

Fruit and vegetables

 

Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Eat plenty of vegetables, legume and fruits’

                        Plant compounds - what is ORAC?

            What are legumes?

            Fruit

Fluid

 

Highlight on dietary guidelines  ‘Choose water as a drink’

                        Fruit juice and health issues and tooth decay

 

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Vitamins and minerals

            Water-soluble vitamins

                                    Functions in the body

                                    Deficiency signs of vitamin C

                                    Foods dense in nutrients 

            Fat-soluble vitamins (Vitamins A, D, E and K)

            Recommended intake in childhood and adolescents (as adequate intake figures or AI)

            Minerals

                        Calcium

 

Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Include milks, yoghurt or alternatives’

                        Sodium

 

Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Choose foods low in salt’

                        Iron

Antioxidants and free radicals 

Superfoods and foods as supplements

How can you tell if your child is nutrient deficient?

Supplements for children

 

CREATING Healthy EATING HABITS IN CHILDREN

Development of eating patterns

How do taste preferences develop?

How learning happens

 

 

influences over Eating patterns and eating concerns

            The influence of parents

                        Suggestions for encouraging healthy eating habits

            The influence of television

            Children in daycare

            Canteens

Eating patterns of concern

 

            Food finickiness

 

                        What is fussy eating?

 

                        Causes of food fussiness

 

                        The importance of introducing ‘lumpy’ foods

 

                        Suggestions for coping with food rejection

 

            Picky eaters and food neophobia

 

                        Strategies to reduce the health impact of food neophobia

 

Encouraging children to the stuff they don't like

 

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HEALTH AND EATING HABITS

 

Diet, nutrition and teeth

 

Iron deficiency and anaemia in children

 

Anaemia

 

Example meals that meet the RDI of iron

 

The vegetarian child

 

Allergies and intolerances - lactose and gluten

 

Identifying food allergies

 

                        Peanut and cows' milk protein allergy

 

            Food additives and health

 

            Some common problem additives

 

Additives

 

Pesticides and other chemicals

 

Nutrition and behaviour

 

            Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

 

                        Nutrients and hyperactivity

 

                        What does the research say about food substances and hyperactivity?

 

                        Managing ADHD

 

Overweight, obesity, dieting and physical activity in childhood

 

            The role of ‘extra foods’

 

            Children and dieting

 

            The importance of being active

 

Disordered eating

              Anorexia nervosa
              Bulimia nervosa
             Signs and signals of eating disorders
             What causes eating disorders?
             Body image
             Where to go for help
  Sports nutrition for sporty kids
            Hydration