Duration:
3 hrs
Nutrition for Diabetes Certification
Nutrition for Diabetes
More than 450 million people around the world live with diabetes. Diabetes and obesity often go hand-in-hand. It’s very important to help clients with diabetes lose weight and improve their fitness levels.
Losing weight helps reduce fat stores in the body, and muscle training helps improve insulin resistance. People with diabetes should consider being mindful of what they consume, as proper nutrition can help them achieve their fitness goals faster.
As a fitness trainer, you can help your clients better control and manage their diabetes. By working together with your client’s healthcare team, you can help them enjoy maximum benefits from fitness training. People with diabetes can benefit from a combination of a healthy diet and regular exercise.
It is important for fitness trainers to be aware of how nutrition affects diabetes in different ways.
What you will learn in this course:
- The symptoms of diabetes and the differences between Type I and Type II diabetes
- The basic principles of nutrition, and how to eat well for health and wellbeing
- Nutritional strategies to manage and control blood sugar levels
- The effect of different nutrients on blood sugar levels
- Foods to include and avoid in the diet
- How to help clients with diabetes achieve healthy weight loss and build muscle
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Who can take the Nutrition for Diabetes Certification course?
There are no entry requirements to take the course.
What is the structure of the course?
The course has 5 modules and should take 3 hours. Each module takes between 15 and 45 minutes on average to complete, although students can spend as much or as little time as they feel necessary on the modules.
Where / when can the course be studied?
The course can be studied at any time and from any internet-connected device.
Is there a test at the end of the course?
Once you have completed the course there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken at a time and location of your choosing.
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