Infant to Preschool Nutrition:
Establishing Healthy Eating Patterns
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Certificate of Early Childhood Nutrition and Diet Flexible Short Course in Infant and Early Childhood Nutrition |
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| Course Code | NUT02 | ||
| Course Duration | 32 hours (2 hours per week for 16 weeks) | ||
| Accreditation | Australian Traditional Medicine Society - 20 CPE | ||
| International Board Lactation Consultant Examiners - 3.5L and 25R CERPs -Approval Number: C24175 | |||
| Beck Health & Nutrition is a member of the Australian Council for Private Education and is signatory to its code of ethics | |||
| Course Delivery | Correspondence (distance education) delivery (you do not need to attend lectures or exams). | ||
| Infant to Preschool Nutrition is open to both Australian and overseas students. See also overseas students | |||
| Accredited Australian nutrition professionals to support your learning | |||
| Course Fee: | $265.00 includes all course materials and course texts. Can be packaged with NUT03 Nutrition for Children and Teenagers course for total fee of $385.00 as the Certificate of Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition. | ||
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Developed by nutritionist and mother of three Kristen Beck, Infant to Preschool Nutrition combines latest research with practical ideas and advice to provide a realistic, common-sense approach to establishing healthy eating patterns from birth through early childhood. Now expanded and updated for 2008 Infant to Preschool Nutrition explores... The nutrition principles required to provide a nutritious diet for infants and young children as well as important tips that can help to establish healthy eating patterns in early childhood. Infant to Preschool Nutrition also explores how taste preferences and eating patterns are established and what we can do as parents and caregivers to encourage our children to make healthy food choices in a practical and realistic manner. The course is an invaluable resource to parents, childcare workers, preschool teachers, health professionals or anyone with a special interest in paediatric nutrition. Infant to Preschool Nutrition: Course Outline (to view comprehensive course outline please see our Course Brochure) |
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| Module 1 | The importance of a healthy diet in early childhood | ||
| Module 2 | In the beginning (birth to six months old) | ||
| includes new sections on nutrition and breastfeeding | |||
| Module 3 | Baby’s first foods and weaning | ||
| Module 4 | Elements of a healthy diet (children's nutritional requirements) | ||
| Module 5 | Establishing healthy eating patterns in toddlers and preschoolers - development of taste preferences | ||
| Module 6 | Prevention strategies for overweight and obesity (what you can do in the infant to preschool years) | ||
| Module 7 | Food safety strategies | ||
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Specific topics covered include the development of taste preferences, breastfeeding and infant formulas, reading and understanding nutritional labels, the nutritional breakdown of foods, nutrition and behaviour, food allergies, food intake (how much is enough or too much?), foods unsuitable for infants, and revised recommendations for the introduction of solid foods. Infant to Preschool Nutrition also addresses picky eating, vegetarian diets, encouraging children to eat fruits and vegetables, children and diets, children’s parties, the impact of television on children’s health, food allergies and intolerances, children in day care and age-specific prevention strategies for overweight and obesity |
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Course Delivery Details (course methodology)
Comprehensive course text to guide you through your studies
Learning activities booklets |
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Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of Infant to Preschool Nutrition you will be able to: Demonstrate a thorough understanding of nutrition principles to ensure dietary quality during early childhood Apply nutrition principles to common dietary health issues relating to infants and young children Assess dietary intakes and make practical recommendations for improvements |
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| Course Prerequisites | none | ||
| Course Assessment | Open book, un-timed, course assessment (exam) 100% | ||
| Course Text: | Beck K (2008), Infant to Preschool Nutrition; Establishing Healthy Eating Patterns (4th edition) Edited by Dr. Samantha Frappell (included in course pack). | ||
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What
our students say about Infant to Preschool Nutrition "Easy to understand. Great material. Very quick responses. My toddler thanks you for looking after her health now and in the future!" Lisa McLaughlin, Five Dock, NSW. "As a foster parent I have learnt so much from this course. As a parent I will pass this information on to my adult children. Loved it!" Elizabeth, Randwick NSW. "I am an Early Parenting Worker and need an up to date, practical and need up to date, practical and accurate information that I can offer to new parents that I work with. This course was definitely relevant for this purpose. I found it practical and easy to understand". Donna Anderson, VIC "Very organised, easy-to-understand information that was still well researched" Kirsten, Neutral Bay NSW "As
a child I was a picky eater and now I as a child care worker in my 20s I am only
just learning how to eat properly. This course has helped me immensely both for
my own diet and to better care for the children I work with"
Lauren, Kings Park, NSW
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