Children's Nutrition

Overview

This Children's Nutrition course from Warnborough College will enable you understand all aspects of childhood nutrition and deal with them. It is an ideal course for people working with children in the child care industry.

It is also a good course for mothers wanting to understand their children's nutritional needs and learn to cope with them or for self enhancement.

Aims

• Discuss the nature and scope of developing nutrition for children according to their backgrounds and needs.

• Explain the various nutritional needs of the mother and father before pregnancy .

• Explain the various nutritional needs of the mother and child during pregnancy.

• Explain various nutritional needs of infants from birth to age two.

• Explain various nutritional aspects of growing children addressing various issues and concerns.

• Identify concerns in the diets of children and adolescents and overcoming them.

• Lists ways to encourage healthy eating behaviour in children.

• Explain some of the common issues such as food sensitivities in childhood nutrition.

• Explain causes and guidelines to overcoming childhood obesity.

• Develop a list diet outlines for healthy children and special diet plans for children with special nutritional needs.