This online course will develop your skills and knowledge about Food Coaching – giving you a better understanding of how food can help you achieve healthier living. Some things you will cover:
- How to help clients define their goals
- Develop ways for clients to achieve their goals
- Impact of nutrition and lifestyle on a person’s health
- Evaluating and determining routes to change in a persons eating habits
- Scope and nature of food coaching
- The practical, ethical, and legal implications
- What you need to do to work as a responsible and effective practitioner in food coaching
Food coaching combines coaching skills with knowledge and understanding of nutrition to help clients choose better ways of eating and diets which can be healthier. While dieticians may be experts at telling people what to eat, food coaches are experts at motivating people and aiding them to develop strategies to improve their eating habits.
Course Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 10 in-depth lessons:
Lesson 1. Introduction and the Healthy Diet
- Introduction.
- What is Food Coaching?
- Why is Food Coaching necessary?
- Meeting with Clients: The Initial Interview.
- Building Rapport.
- The Consulting Room.
- Information Gathering.
- Goal Setting.
- Taking Baseline Measurements.
- Assessing Current Diet And Lifestyle.
- Healthy Diet.
- Food Pyramids.
- Food Plates.
- Benefits of a Healthy Diet.
- Frequency of Eating.
- Serving Sizes.
- Use of Supplements.
Lesson 2. Professional Standards for Food Coaching
- Introduction.
- A Code of Ethics.
- Ethics in Food Coaching.
- Confidentiality.
- Informed Consent.
- Making Ethical Decisions.
- A Guideline to Making Ethical Decisions.
- Legal Concerns.
- What you Can and Cannot Do.
- Keeping Records.
- Ethics When Working as a Food Coach in a Larger Business.
- Health and Safety.
- Occupational Health and Safety Responsibilities.
Lesson 3. Specialist Diets – Chronic Conditions
- Introduction.
- Benefits of Special Diets.
- Dietary Considerations for Some Chronic Conditions.
- Understanding Different Types of Special Diet.
- Dairy Free Diet.
- Vegetarian Diets.
Lesson 4. Specialist Diets – Overeating
- Introduction.
- What do we mean by being overweight?
- Measuring Body Fat.
- Body Fat Percentage.
- Measurement Techniques.
- Health Risks of Overeating.
- Treatment for Obesity.
- Psychological Theories of Overeating.
- Physiological Reasons Why People Overeat.
- Weight Loss Plans.
Lesson 5. Specialist Diets -Poor Nutritional Diets
- Introduction.
- Not Eating Enough.
Lesson 6. Food Coaching Adults and Seniors
- Introduction.
- General Dietary Requirements for Adults.
- Case Study.
- Pregnant Women.
- Seniors.
- Age-Related Illnesses and Nutrition.
- General Nutritional Plans for Adults.
Lesson 7. Food Coaching for Children
- Introduction.
- Law & Ethics and Children’s Food Coaching.
- Involvement of the Parents or Caregivers.
- Family and Friends.
- General Nutritional Requirements of Children.
- Food Groups – What Children Need.
- Developing a Nutrition Plan for Children.
- Nutritional Disorders in Children.
- Obesity in Children.
- Underweight Children.
Lesson 8. Lifestyle Changes
- Introduction.
- Ways to Encourage Lifestyle Change.
- Motivational Interviewing.
- Strategies to Elicit Change.
- Stages of MI Interview Session.
- Lifestyle Diary.
Lesson 9. Moving on
- Introduction.
- Before Moving On.
- Assessing Client Progress.
- Regular Meetings/Reviews (How Often).
- Changing Plans as the Person Changes.
- Evaluation of the Plan.
- When Ready to Move On.
- Ongoing Support.
Lesson 10. Managing Your Food Coaching Service
- Managing Your Food Coaching Business.
- Meeting Clients.
- Where to Meet Clients.
- Own Safety.
- Importance of Marketing.
- Setting Fees.
HOW DOES A WARNBOROUGH ONLINE COURSE WORK?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
If you have any questions please contact us.
